Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Integral Ad Science Inc. is navigating 7 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 4 distinct art units, requiring a strategy that accounts for different departmental standards. The involvement of 5 distinct examiners suggests a diverse range of perspectives on the company's patent applications, which may lead to varying prosecution timelines.
REFAI, SAM M is identified as the busiest examiner, managing 3 pending actions. This concentration means a significant portion of the 7 total actions are subject to the review of a single individual. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific preferences of REFAI, SAM M given their significant role in the current portfolio. The remaining actions are split among the other 5 examiners, balancing the workload across the 4 art units. This distribution requires a multi-faceted approach to address the 3 actions under the busiest examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 only | 4 (57%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (14%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REFAI, SAM M | 3 | 34.9% | +7.4% |
| GEBRE, MESSERET F | 1 | 56.6% | +20.1% |
| ALVAREZ, RAQUEL | 1 | 49.6% | +7.2% |
| ANDREI, RADU | 1 | 36.3% | +20.0% |
| CIRNU, ALEXANDRU | 1 | 42.7% | +21.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18635540 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR GENERATING PREDICTED INFORMATION RELATED TO ADVERTISEMENT VIEWABILITY | REFAI, SAM M | 46d |
| 19296552 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR SETTING AND USING AN ADVERTISEMENT FREQUENCY CAP BASED ON CAUSAL CONVERSIONS | REFAI, SAM M | — |
| 18606146 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR SCREENING USERS OF A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT | ANDREI, RADU | — |
| 18230452 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR MANAGING ONLINE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS BASED ON CAUSAL CONVERSION METRICS | REFAI, SAM M | — |
| 14184264 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR APPLYING SCORES AND RATINGS TO WEB PAGES,WEB SITES, AND CONTENT FOR SAFE AND EFFECTIVE ONLINE ADVERTISING | CIRNU, ALEXANDRU | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19197484 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED REVIEW OF INCOMING MESSAGES IN A GROUP MESSAGING SERVICE | GEBRE, MESSERET F | — |
| 18606146 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR SCREENING USERS OF A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT | ANDREI, RADU | — |
| 14184264 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR APPLYING SCORES AND RATINGS TO WEB PAGES,WEB SITES, AND CONTENT FOR SAFE AND EFFECTIVE ONLINE ADVERTISING | CIRNU, ALEXANDRU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3621 | 3 |
| 3622 | 2 |
| 2445 | 1 |
| 3600 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19296552 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR SETTING AND USING AN ADVERTISEMENT FREQUENCY CAP BASED ON CAUSAL CONVERSIONS | REFAI, SAM M | 3621 | §101§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19197484 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED REVIEW OF INCOMING MESSAGES IN A GROUP MESSAGING SERVICE | GEBRE, MESSERET F | 2445 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 18958752 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR DETERMINING THE IMPACT OF CONTENT CAMPAIGNS USING SURVEYS | ALVAREZ, RAQUEL | 3622 | Other | Non-Final OA | 57d | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18635540 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR GENERATING PREDICTED INFORMATION RELATED TO ADVERTISEMENT VIEWABILITY | REFAI, SAM M | 3621 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 46d | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18606146 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR SCREENING USERS OF A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT | ANDREI, RADU | 3600 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18230452 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR MANAGING ONLINE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS BASED ON CAUSAL CONVERSION METRICS | REFAI, SAM M | 3621 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 14184264 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR APPLYING SCORES AND RATINGS TO WEB PAGES,WEB SITES, AND CONTENT FOR SAFE AND EFFECTIVE ONLINE ADVERTISING | CIRNU, ALEXANDRU | 3622 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2014 |
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