Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lightvision Inc. currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners, meaning that every active matter is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution suggests that the company's prosecution experience is decentralized, with no examiner overlap currently present in the pending portfolio for Lightvision Inc.
The portfolio spans 2 distinct art units, indicating some technical variety within the communications field. The busiest examiner, HILMANTEL, ADAM J, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This confirms that even the most active examiner handles only a single case, as the 4 pending office actions are spread across 4 distinct examiners. Practitioners must navigate the specific requirements of 2 distinct art units.
Because 4 distinct examiners are involved in the 4 pending office actions, there is no opportunity to apply insights from a single examiner to multiple cases. The 2 distinct art units represent the technical landscape the company is currently navigating. This structure requires Lightvision Inc. to maintain a flexible strategy that can adapt to the different examination standards of each assigned official.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIKELS, MATTHEW | 1 | 81.1% | +20.2% |
| HILMANTEL, ADAM J | 1 | 41.2% | +29.4% |
| CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD | 1 | 83.3% | +20.8% |
| LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON | 1 | 87.6% | +7.2% |
| BALI, VIKKRAM | 1 | 81.5% | +11.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18612883 | CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM WITH EASY SPACE GROUP INFERENCE AND METHOD OF RECOMMENDING ZONE AXIS IN THE SAME | LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18254139 | MULTIPLE SENSOR HANDOVER SYSTEM FOR TRACKING MOVING OBJECT AND METHOD OF PROVIDING PARKING SERVICE IN THE SAME | BALI, VIKKRAM | 33d |
| 19306559 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FORGERY OR ALTERATION OF IDENTIFICATION CARDS | MIKELS, MATTHEW | — |
| 19213092 | METHOD OF PROVIDING PARKING SYSTEM USING QR CODE AND PROXY PAYMENT | HILMANTEL, ADAM J | — |
| 18882389 | PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR IDENDIFYING ACCURATELY VEHICLE WITHOUT TRAFFIC CONGESTION OR USING IDENTIFIER | CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18254139 | MULTIPLE SENSOR HANDOVER SYSTEM FOR TRACKING MOVING OBJECT AND METHOD OF PROVIDING PARKING SERVICE IN THE SAME | BALI, VIKKRAM | 33d |
| 19306559 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FORGERY OR ALTERATION OF IDENTIFICATION CARDS | MIKELS, MATTHEW | — |
| 19213092 | METHOD OF PROVIDING PARKING SYSTEM USING QR CODE AND PROXY PAYMENT | HILMANTEL, ADAM J | — |
| 18882389 | PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR IDENDIFYING ACCURATELY VEHICLE WITHOUT TRAFFIC CONGESTION OR USING IDENTIFIER | CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2876 | 1 |
| 2674 | 1 |
| 2663 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19306559 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FORGERY OR ALTERATION OF IDENTIFICATION CARDS | MIKELS, MATTHEW | 2876 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2025 |
| 19213092 | METHOD OF PROVIDING PARKING SYSTEM USING QR CODE AND PROXY PAYMENT | HILMANTEL, ADAM J | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 18882389 | PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR IDENDIFYING ACCURATELY VEHICLE WITHOUT TRAFFIC CONGESTION OR USING IDENTIFIER | CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18612883 | CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM WITH EASY SPACE GROUP INFERENCE AND METHOD OF RECOMMENDING ZONE AXIS IN THE SAME | LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON | 2674 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18254139 | MULTIPLE SENSOR HANDOVER SYSTEM FOR TRACKING MOVING OBJECT AND METHOD OF PROVIDING PARKING SERVICE IN THE SAME | BALI, VIKKRAM | 2663 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial