Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

John Howard

1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

John Howard has 1 pending office action in the current portfolio. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner. The records show 0 distinct art units, which may reflect the specific administrative status of the application. Practitioners should monitor the application's status closely for any changes in assignment to a standard examination group.

The busiest examiner is IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN. This examiner is handling the pending office action. The busiest examiner pending count is 1, confirming that this individual is the only examiner currently managing the pending prosecution. The outcome of the current patent efforts depends entirely on the dialogue with this specific individual.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
100% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN 1 66.2% +17.7%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19228854 RANDOM, SEQUENTIAL, OR SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-BEAM CIRCULAR ANTENNA ARRAY AND BEAM FORMING NETWORKS WITH UP TO 360° COVERAGE IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19228854 RANDOM, SEQUENTIAL, OR SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-BEAM CIRCULAR ANTENNA ARRAY AND BEAM FORMING NETWORKS WITH UP TO 360° COVERAGE IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19228854 RANDOM, SEQUENTIAL, OR SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-BEAM CIRCULAR ANTENNA ARRAY AND BEAM FORMING NETWORKS WITH UP TO 360° COVERAGE IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN — §101DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2025

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