Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
10 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 82 patents granted in the last 365 days
Logitech Europe S.A. currently manages 9 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These matters are distributed among 8 distinct examiners, suggesting that the company interacts with a variety of different officials. The workload is further spread across 6 distinct art units, indicating that the company's technology is classified under several different groups at the USPTO.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is KANG, ANNABELLE, who is currently handling 2 pending office actions. This count of 2 is the highest for any single examiner in the portfolio, although the total number of pending matters is 9. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific examination style of KANG, ANNABELLE, as this individual's decisions will impact a portion of the active files.
With 9 pending office actions and 8 distinct examiners, the portfolio requires a coordinated strategy to ensure consistency across different filings. The fact that 6 distinct art units are involved means that the company must navigate various technical standards and internal policies. Focusing on the 2 actions assigned to the busiest examiner while maintaining a strategy for the other 8 distinct examiners is essential for effective portfolio management.
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 (10%) |
| §103 only | 4 (40%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KANG, ANNABELLE | 2 | 89.3% | -7.6% |
| CHATLY, AMIT | 1 | 67.9% | +13.3% |
| PATEL, SANJIV D | 1 | 78.1% | +3.8% |
| GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D | 1 | 82.3% | +18.4% |
| DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | 1 | 82.4% | +2.6% |
| HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q | 1 | 68.0% | +11.4% |
| GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 59.0% | +23.3% |
| KIM, PAUL | 1 | 73.0% | +19.9% |
| ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL | 1 | 67.1% | +27.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19175944 | ESTABLISHING A TRUST RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A PERIPHERAL DEVICE AND A SERVER | GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19175955 | PROFILE CACHING FOR A PERIPHERAL DEVICE | PATEL, SANJIV D | 26d |
| 18957340 | MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM ADAPTED TO FORM CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE POLAR PATTERNS | KANG, ANNABELLE | — |
| 18930962 | MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY ADAPTED TO FORM CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE POLAR PATTERNS | KANG, ANNABELLE | — |
| 18923633 | WINDOW CONTAINING SPEAKER DESIGN | DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | — |
| 18641043 | USER FEEDBACK AND CONTENT ADAPTATION FOR INFORMATION ASSIMILATION | HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19438005 | MAGNETIC ANALOG SWITCH AND SUBSTRATE | CHATLY, AMIT | — |
| 19175944 | ESTABLISHING A TRUST RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A PERIPHERAL DEVICE AND A SERVER | GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D | — |
| 18641043 | USER FEEDBACK AND CONTENT ADAPTATION FOR INFORMATION ASSIMILATION | HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q | — |
| 18622670 | ADJUSTABLE STAND FOR A CAMERA | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18621818 | AUDIO INTERCEPTION AND ROUTING IN AN AUDIO DEVICE | KIM, PAUL | — |
| 18139436 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSCRIBING AUDIBLE INFORMATION | ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2695 | 3 |
| 2624 | 1 |
| 2625 | 1 |
| 2693 | 1 |
| 2425 | 1 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| 2656 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19438005 | MAGNETIC ANALOG SWITCH AND SUBSTRATE | CHATLY, AMIT | 2624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2025 |
| 19175955 | PROFILE CACHING FOR A PERIPHERAL DEVICE | PATEL, SANJIV D | 2625 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19175944 | ESTABLISHING A TRUST RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A PERIPHERAL DEVICE AND A SERVER | GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 18957340 | MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM ADAPTED TO FORM CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE POLAR PATTERNS | KANG, ANNABELLE | 2695 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18930962 | MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY ADAPTED TO FORM CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE POLAR PATTERNS | KANG, ANNABELLE | 2695 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18923633 | WINDOW CONTAINING SPEAKER DESIGN | DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | 2693 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18641043 | USER FEEDBACK AND CONTENT ADAPTATION FOR INFORMATION ASSIMILATION | HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q | 2425 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18622670 | ADJUSTABLE STAND FOR A CAMERA | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 3632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18621818 | AUDIO INTERCEPTION AND ROUTING IN AN AUDIO DEVICE | KIM, PAUL | 2695 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18139436 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSCRIBING AUDIBLE INFORMATION | ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL | 2656 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2023 |
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