Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kyushu Institute of Technology is managing 2 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, with each examiner responsible for a pending matter. The portfolio's current activity is localized in 1 distinct art unit, indicating that the institute's software-related innovations are being evaluated by a single specialized group at the patent office.
GRANT DAVID HAY is designated as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This represents a portion of the total 2 pending office actions for the institute. The other pending office action is assigned to the other distinct examiner. This distribution of the pending office actions suggests that no single examiner is overwhelmed by the institute's current filings.
The concentration of the portfolio in the distinct art unit may provide some consistency in the legal standards applied to the pending office actions. While multiple examiners are involved, their shared placement in the art unit suggests they likely follow similar internal policies for Computing & Software. Practitioners should monitor the pending office action under GRANT DAVID HAY as a key component of the institute's overall prosecution strategy.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAY, GRANT DAVID | 1 | — | — |
| ABOU EL SEOUD, MOHAMED | 1 | 39.3% | +37.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18031290 | 3-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRICAL ELEMENT, MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAID ELEMENT AND SAID SYSTEM | ABOU EL SEOUD, MOHAMED | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18031290 | 3-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRICAL ELEMENT, MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAID ELEMENT AND SAID SYSTEM | ABOU EL SEOUD, MOHAMED | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2148 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18684739 | POLISHING APPARATUS | HAY, GRANT DAVID | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18031290 | 3-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRICAL ELEMENT, MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAID ELEMENT AND SAID SYSTEM | ABOU EL SEOUD, MOHAMED | 2148 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2023 |
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