Technology area: Communications
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Iyo Inc. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These 2 pending office actions are distributed across 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The 1 distinct examiner indicates that both pending matters are being reviewed by the same individual. The 1 distinct art unit suggests that the filings are concentrated within a single administrative division within the patent office.
DEANE JR, WILLIAM J is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio. This examiner is responsible for 2 busiest_examiner_pending actions. The 2 busiest_examiner_pending actions represent the entirety of the 2 pending office actions currently active. DEANE JR, WILLIAM J handles the workload within the Communications technology area. The 1 distinct art unit provides the technical context for these applications.
The 2 pending office actions require coordination with 1 distinct examiner. DEANE JR, WILLIAM J holds 2 busiest_examiner_pending actions, showing a concentration of cases for this examiner. Practitioners should address the requirements of the 1 distinct art unit to advance the portfolio. The Communications area defines the technical scope for both of the 2 pending office actions managed by DEANE JR, WILLIAM J.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | 2 | 82.6% | +2.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19178597 | AUDIO MIXED REALITY AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, METHODS, DEVICES, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA | DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | — |
| 19097807 | IN-CANAL AND OTHER MICROPHONE SOUND CAPTURE AND SOUND OUTPUT, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, METHODS, DEVICES, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA | DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2693 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19178597 | AUDIO MIXED REALITY AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, METHODS, DEVICES, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA | DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | 2693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19097807 | IN-CANAL AND OTHER MICROPHONE SOUND CAPTURE AND SOUND OUTPUT, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, METHODS, DEVICES, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA | DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | 2693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialIyo Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
William J Deane Jr. has the most, with 2 of Iyo Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
