Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Horiba Abx SAS has 2 pending office actions currently active in the Communications technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, indicating that each examiner is handling a separate matter. Despite the involvement of multiple examiners, the portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a consistent technical focus for these applications.
ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action under his review. This represents 1 of the 2 pending office actions for the company. The use of 2 distinct examiners for the pending actions shows a lack of examiner overlap, requiring the applicant to adapt to different individual preferences while remaining within the same art unit environment.
The distribution of the pending office actions across the distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit provides a narrow look at the current prosecution landscape. Practitioners can expect a unified technical standard from the single art unit, even as they manage the specific requirements of the different examiners. This balance allows for technical consistency in the Communications sector.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN | 1 | 32.1% | +28.8% |
| HOFFMAN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | 1 | — | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18996039 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING PARTICLES BY MEANS OF LENSLESS IMAGING | ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN | — |
| 18722357 | ASSAY METHOD USING MAGNETIC PARTICLES | HOFFMAN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18996039 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING PARTICLES BY MEANS OF LENSLESS IMAGING | ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2663 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18996039 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING PARTICLES BY MEANS OF LENSLESS IMAGING | ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN | 2663 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18722357 | ASSAY METHOD USING MAGNETIC PARTICLES | HOFFMAN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
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