Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lifecast Incorporated has 3 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These cases are handled by 2 distinct examiners. All active matters are currently housed within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's current patenting efforts.
The busiest examiner is BADER, ROBERT N., who is responsible for 2 pending office actions. This examiner manages a significant portion of the active cases, making their specific examination style a critical factor for the portfolio's success. With only 3 pending office actions in total, the company's prosecution outcomes are highly sensitive to the preferences of these few individuals.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BADER, ROBERT N. | 2 | 44.6% | +26.0% |
| PATEL, SHIVANG I | 1 | 75.0% | +16.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17979514 | Video Processing Systems and Methods | BADER, ROBERT N. | 62d |
| 19173499 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEURAL RADIANCE FIELD VIDEO COMPRESSION | PATEL, SHIVANG I | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17979514 | Video Processing Systems and Methods | BADER, ROBERT N. | 62d |
| 19173499 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEURAL RADIANCE FIELD VIDEO COMPRESSION | PATEL, SHIVANG I | — |
| 17961051 | Image Processing Systems and Methods | BADER, ROBERT N. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2611 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19173499 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEURAL RADIANCE FIELD VIDEO COMPRESSION | PATEL, SHIVANG I | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 17979514 | Video Processing Systems and Methods | BADER, ROBERT N. | 2611 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Nov 02, 2022 |
| 17961051 | Image Processing Systems and Methods | BADER, ROBERT N. | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2022 |
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