Technology area: Computing & Software
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Icon Clinical Research Limited has 2 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating separate examination settings within the portfolio.
KELLS, ASHER is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should use matter-specific response plans and avoid assuming that treatment in one art unit will control the other assignment.
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 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KELLS, ASHER | 1 | 78.8% | +11.2% |
| MIAN, MUHAMMAD U | 1 | 67.2% | +22.1% |
| OBISESAN, AUGUSTINE KUNLE | 1 | 63.7% | +20.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18680113 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIRECT INTEGRATION OF A PREVIEW FUNCTION | KELLS, ASHER | — |
| 18680095 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING DATA OBJECT REFERENCES TO ACCESS A TRANSLATED VERSION OF A VALIDATED INSTRUMENT | MIAN, MUHAMMAD U | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18680113 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIRECT INTEGRATION OF A PREVIEW FUNCTION | KELLS, ASHER | — |
| 18680095 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING DATA OBJECT REFERENCES TO ACCESS A TRANSLATED VERSION OF A VALIDATED INSTRUMENT | MIAN, MUHAMMAD U | — |
| 18678419 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING DRUG MECHANISMS OF ACTION WITH MACHINE LEARNING | OBISESAN, AUGUSTINE KUNLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2171 | 1 |
| 2163 | 1 |
| 2156 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18680113 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIRECT INTEGRATION OF A PREVIEW FUNCTION | KELLS, ASHER | 2171 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18680095 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING DATA OBJECT REFERENCES TO ACCESS A TRANSLATED VERSION OF A VALIDATED INSTRUMENT | MIAN, MUHAMMAD U | 2163 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18678419 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING DRUG MECHANISMS OF ACTION WITH MACHINE LEARNING | OBISESAN, AUGUSTINE KUNLE | 2156 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialIcon Clinical Research Limited has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Asher Kells has the most, with 1 of Icon Clinical Research Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
