Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lavorro Inc. is currently navigating the patent prosecution process within the Communications technology area. The portfolio contains 1 pending office action, which represents the current focus of the company's legal efforts. This 1 pending office action suggests a targeted approach to securing intellectual property in the communications field. Protecting innovations in Communications requires a clear understanding of the specific examination standards applied to these technologies.
The examination of these assets is conducted by 1 distinct examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. This arrangement indicates that the technical subject matter is concentrated within a specific administrative group at the patent office. For the applicant, this means that the prosecution path is centralized under a single point of review. The presence of 1 distinct art unit further implies that the portfolio assets share a common technical foundation within the 1 distinct examiner's area of expertise.
SPOONER, LAMONT M is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. As this examiner is responsible for the only pending action, the outcome of the current prosecution is dependent on their specific evaluation. This relationship between pending actions and 1 distinct examiner simplifies the management of the portfolio. Practitioners should address the specific concerns of SPOONER, LAMONT M to move the 1 busiest examiner pending office action toward a resolution.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPOONER, LAMONT M | 1 | 73.7% | +11.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17868694 | VIRTUAL ASSISTANT ARCHITECTURE WITH ENHANCED QUERIES AND CONTEXT-SPECIFIC RESULTS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR-MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT | SPOONER, LAMONT M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2657 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17868694 | VIRTUAL ASSISTANT ARCHITECTURE WITH ENHANCED QUERIES AND CONTEXT-SPECIFIC RESULTS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR-MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT | SPOONER, LAMONT M | 2657 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialLavorro Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Lamont M Spooner has the most, with 1 of Lavorro Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
