Technology area: Communications
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ikin Inc. is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These 2 pending office actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's communications innovations are being reviewed by different specialized groups. The involvement of distinct examiners means that each case is being handled by a different individual, which may lead to different prosecution timelines.
DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since she only handles 1 of the pending office actions, the company's risk is split between the examiners. This lack of concentration means that the company must maintain separate prosecution strategies for its Communications filings. Practitioners should be aware that the art units and examiners may have different interpretations of the prior art. Success in a case does not necessarily guarantee a similar result in the other, given the different individuals involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | 1 | 66.7% | +18.1% |
| TSWEI, YU-JANG | 1 | 83.7% | +15.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18827122 | SPOTLIGHT TRAINING OF LATENT MODELS USED IN VIDEO COMMUNICATION | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 22d |
| 18907166 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL DENOISING DIFFUSION | DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18827122 | SPOTLIGHT TRAINING OF LATENT MODELS USED IN VIDEO COMMUNICATION | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 22d |
| 18907166 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL DENOISING DIFFUSION | DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2677 | 1 |
| 2614 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18907166 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL DENOISING DIFFUSION | DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | 2677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18827122 | SPOTLIGHT TRAINING OF LATENT MODELS USED IN VIDEO COMMUNICATION | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 2614 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialIkin Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Emma Elizabeth Dryden has the most, with 1 of Ikin Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
