Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
IEIT Systems Co., Ltd. is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These 2 pending office actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, indicating that each examiner is responsible for 1 of the company's pending matters. Both of these actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests that the company's software innovations are being evaluated by a single specialized technical group.
MICHAEL L WESTBROOK is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action is part of the total 2 pending office actions for the company. The concentration of both matters within 1 distinct art unit, despite having 2 distinct examiners, implies a consistent technical environment for the prosecution of these cases. For the company, this means that while they must interact with 2 distinct examiners, the overarching examination standards of that 1 distinct art unit will likely apply to both pending office actions in the Computing & Software area.
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.
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 | 2 (67%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTBROOK, MICHAEL L | 1 | 74.3% | +6.3% |
| CHAN, TRACY C | 1 | 79.3% | -0.4% |
| PHAM, KHANH B | 1 | 72.6% | +15.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19029708 | RECOVERY METHOD FOR ALL-FLASH STORAGE SYSTEM, AND RELATED APPARATUS | CHAN, TRACY C | 22d |
| 19176644 | IO PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | WESTBROOK, MICHAEL L | — |
| 18724532 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION FUSION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | PHAM, KHANH B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18724532 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION FUSION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | PHAM, KHANH B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2139 | 1 |
| 2138 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19176644 | IO PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | WESTBROOK, MICHAEL L | 2139 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19029708 | RECOVERY METHOD FOR ALL-FLASH STORAGE SYSTEM, AND RELATED APPARATUS | CHAN, TRACY C | 2138 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18724532 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION FUSION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | PHAM, KHANH B | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
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