Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kayak Software Corporation

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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.

2
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (67%)
§103 only1 (33%)

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
3
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JOSEPH, TONYA S 1 23.7% +19.9%
FLYNN, ABBY J 1 32.8% +57.0%
HEFLIN, BRIAN ADAMS 1 40.9% +33.6%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18906983 MIXTURE QUERIES FOR SEARCH ENGINE PORTALS JOSEPH, TONYA S 3d overdue
18150780 CACHE AND LEARNED MODELS FOR SEGMENTED RESULTS IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS HEFLIN, BRIAN ADAMS 3d overdue

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18581603 ITINERARY SEARCH BASED ON IMAGE DATA FLYNN, ABBY J 30d overdue
18906983 MIXTURE QUERIES FOR SEARCH ENGINE PORTALS JOSEPH, TONYA S 3d overdue
18150780 CACHE AND LEARNED MODELS FOR SEGMENTED RESULTS IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS HEFLIN, BRIAN ADAMS 3d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3628 2
3663 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18906983 MIXTURE QUERIES FOR SEARCH ENGINE PORTALS JOSEPH, TONYA S 3628 §101 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2024
18581603 ITINERARY SEARCH BASED ON IMAGE DATA FLYNN, ABBY J 3663 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Feb 20, 2024
18150780 CACHE AND LEARNED MODELS FOR SEGMENTED RESULTS IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS HEFLIN, BRIAN ADAMS 3628 §101 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2023

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