Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Intercept LLC has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, TORRES, MARCOS L, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The prosecution is situated within 1 distinct art unit, which defines the current technical focus.
With 1 busiest examiner pending action, the current workload is entirely focused on a single examiner interaction. This 1 distinct examiner handles the only pending matter, meaning the prosecution strategy is centralized. Such a structure allows for a direct relationship with TORRES, MARCOS L but also ties the portfolio's success to the interpretation of 1 individual within the 1 distinct art unit.
The presence of 1 pending office action suggests that the company is not currently managing a high volume of diverse technical claims. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the 1 distinct examiner, as TORRES, MARCOS L handles the entirety of the company's pending workload. This 1 to 1 ratio between actions and examiners simplifies the management of the portfolio but limits the variety of examiner feedback available in the Communications area.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TORRES, MARCOS L | 1 | 67.7% | +10.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19069002 | MOBILE DEVICE LOCATION | TORRES, MARCOS L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19069002 | MOBILE DEVICE LOCATION | TORRES, MARCOS L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2647 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19069002 | MOBILE DEVICE LOCATION | TORRES, MARCOS L | 2647 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialIntercept LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Marcos L Torres has the most, with 1 of Intercept LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.