Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Hover Inc.

10 pending office actions • 8 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (20%)
6
Medium (60%)
2
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (20%)
§103 only5 (50%)
§112 only1 (10%)
Double-patenting only1 (10%)
Double-patenting + other1 (10%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
8
Communications
80% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
20% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COFINO, JONATHAN M 2 62.6% +32.5%
MOREHEAD III, JOHN H 1 85.9% +11.9%
GUO, XILIN 1 81.7% +18.2%
WU, CHONG 1 86.3% +3.3%
CASCHERA, ANTONIO A 1 87.3% +8.0%
MCCULLEY, RYAN D 1 69.8% +28.0%
PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER 1 84.0% +23.5%
CHOI, TIMOTHY WING HO 1 60.3% +35.2%
BARNES, TED W 1 81.5% +12.0%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19230715 DIRECTED IMAGE CAPTURE MOREHEAD III, JOHN H
19030528 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PITCH DETERMINATION GUO, XILIN
18934023 MODELING, DRIFT DETECTION AND DRIFT CORRECTION FOR VISUAL INERTIAL ODOMETRY WU, CHONG
18555724 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING OR RENDERING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18715579 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR VALIDATING IMAGERY PIPELINES CASCHERA, ANTONIO A 29d
18337666 METHODS, STORAGE MEDIA, AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING CAMERA POSES BARNES, TED W

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19230715 DIRECTED IMAGE CAPTURE MOREHEAD III, JOHN H
19030528 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PITCH DETERMINATION GUO, XILIN
18928935 ESTIMATING DIMENSIONS OF GEO-REFERENCED GROUND-LEVEL IMAGERY USING ORTHOGONAL IMAGERY COFINO, JONATHAN M
18809268 MULTI-DIMENSIONAL MODEL RECONSTRUCTION COFINO, JONATHAN M
18412464 GENERATING AND VALIDATING A VIRTUAL 3D REPRESENTATION OF A REAL-WORLD STRUCTURE MCCULLEY, RYAN D
18555724 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING OR RENDERING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER
18274717 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE CAPTURE CHOI, TIMOTHY WING HO
18337666 METHODS, STORAGE MEDIA, AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING CAMERA POSES BARNES, TED W

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2637 1
2613 1
2614 1
2612 1
2611 1
2617 1
2671 1
2682 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19230715 DIRECTED IMAGE CAPTURE MOREHEAD III, JOHN H 2637 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2025
19030528 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PITCH DETERMINATION GUO, XILIN §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18934023 MODELING, DRIFT DETECTION AND DRIFT CORRECTION FOR VISUAL INERTIAL ODOMETRY WU, CHONG 2613 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18928935 ESTIMATING DIMENSIONS OF GEO-REFERENCED GROUND-LEVEL IMAGERY USING ORTHOGONAL IMAGERY COFINO, JONATHAN M DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18809268 MULTI-DIMENSIONAL MODEL RECONSTRUCTION COFINO, JONATHAN M 2614 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 19, 2024
18715579 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR VALIDATING IMAGERY PIPELINES CASCHERA, ANTONIO A 2612 §101§112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending May 31, 2024
18412464 GENERATING AND VALIDATING A VIRTUAL 3D REPRESENTATION OF A REAL-WORLD STRUCTURE MCCULLEY, RYAN D 2611 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18555724 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING OR RENDERING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER 2617 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2023
18274717 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE CAPTURE CHOI, TIMOTHY WING HO 2671 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2023
18337666 METHODS, STORAGE MEDIA, AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING CAMERA POSES BARNES, TED W 2682 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2023

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