Technology area: Computing & Software
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Innovative Vending Solutions LLC has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. The prosecution activity is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a narrow scope of current interaction with the patent office. This concentration suggests that the company is currently focused on a specific software implementation rather than a broad array of diverse technologies. Practitioners should note that the prosecution is contained within a single administrative path.
HOANG, HAU HAI is identified as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because the busiest examiner pending count is 1, this individual manages the only active matter for the portfolio. Having the current workload with HOANG, HAU HAI means that the company's immediate success in the Computing & Software sector is currently dependent on the decisions of this one examiner. The lack of multiple pending actions across different examiners reduces the complexity of managing the current portfolio.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOANG, HAU HAI | 1 | 78.4% | +13.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18921684 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS | HOANG, HAU HAI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18921684 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS | HOANG, HAU HAI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2154 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18921684 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS | HOANG, HAU HAI | 2154 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialInnovative Vending Solutions LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Hau Hai Hoang has the most, with 1 of Innovative Vending Solutions LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
