Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
10 pending office actions • 10 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
LUNIT INC. currently has 11 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. The workload is entirely decentralized, with 11 distinct examiners and 11 distinct art units each handling exactly one action. This direct ratio of actions to art units suggests a very broad range of technical applications within the communications field, requiring the company to navigate 11 different specialized groups at the patent office. The total lack of concentration across these 11 distinct art units indicates that the company's innovations are highly diverse.
SHELDEN, BION A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. Because every one of the 11 pending office actions is assigned to a unique official, no single examiner's history can be used to predict the outcome for more than one application. This distribution across 11 distinct examiners means that the company must maintain 11 separate prosecution tracks. Practitioners should be prepared for 11 different sets of administrative requirements and technical interpretations within the Communications area. The high degree of variety across 11 distinct art units makes this a particularly complex portfolio to manage from a consistency standpoint.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 only | 2 (20%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (20%) |
| §103 only | 3 (30%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (30%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHELDEN, BION A | 1 | 22.1% | +20.1% |
| CHNG, JOY POH AI | 1 | 60.6% | +19.0% |
| TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN | 1 | 78.0% | +17.9% |
| KRETZER, CASEY L | 1 | 86.8% | +12.8% |
| TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL | 1 | 48.0% | +22.2% |
| SHIMELES, BEZAWIT NOLAWI | 1 | 90.0% | +0.0% |
| BOYAR, NOAH WILLIAM | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| GUILLERMETY, JUAN M | 1 | 72.8% | +14.0% |
| PAULS, JOHN A | 1 | 49.0% | +27.7% |
| MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L | 1 | 26.4% | +21.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18334836 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING BIOMARKERS | PAULS, JOHN A | 30d overdue |
| 19084997 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING BIOMARKER | SHELDEN, BION A | 5d |
| 19070944 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING MEDICAL PREDICTION RELATED TO BIOMARKER FROM MEDICAL DATA | CHNG, JOY POH AI | — |
| 18906373 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGE USING PREDICTED METADATA | KRETZER, CASEY L | — |
| 18506741 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING PATHOLOGICAL SLIDE IMAGES | SHIMELES, BEZAWIT NOLAWI | — |
| 18273316 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING MEDICAL PREDICTION BY USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL | BOYAR, NOAH WILLIAM | — |
| 17502661 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH IMMUNE PHENOTYPES FOR PATHOLOGY SLIDE IMAGE | MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18334836 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING BIOMARKERS | PAULS, JOHN A | 30d overdue |
| 19084997 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING BIOMARKER | SHELDEN, BION A | 5d |
| 19070944 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING MEDICAL PREDICTION RELATED TO BIOMARKER FROM MEDICAL DATA | CHNG, JOY POH AI | — |
| 19034933 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING FOR MEDICAL IMAGE | TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN | — |
| 18906373 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGE USING PREDICTED METADATA | KRETZER, CASEY L | — |
| 18532572 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING INFORMATION RELATED TO A PATHOLOGICAL SLIDE IMAGE | TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL | — |
| 18273106 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONFIDENCE INFORMATION ON RESULT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL | GUILLERMETY, JUAN M | — |
| 17502661 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH IMMUNE PHENOTYPES FOR PATHOLOGY SLIDE IMAGE | MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3685 | 1 |
| 3686 | 1 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| 2635 | 1 |
| 3681 | 1 |
| 2673 | 1 |
| 2669 | 1 |
| 2682 | 1 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 1685 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19084997 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING BIOMARKER | SHELDEN, BION A | 3685 | §101 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19070944 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING MEDICAL PREDICTION RELATED TO BIOMARKER FROM MEDICAL DATA | CHNG, JOY POH AI | 3686 | §101§103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19034933 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING FOR MEDICAL IMAGE | TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN | 2648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18906373 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGE USING PREDICTED METADATA | KRETZER, CASEY L | 2635 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18532572 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING INFORMATION RELATED TO A PATHOLOGICAL SLIDE IMAGE | TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL | 3681 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18506741 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING PATHOLOGICAL SLIDE IMAGES | SHIMELES, BEZAWIT NOLAWI | 2673 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18273316 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING MEDICAL PREDICTION BY USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL | BOYAR, NOAH WILLIAM | 2669 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18273106 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONFIDENCE INFORMATION ON RESULT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL | GUILLERMETY, JUAN M | 2682 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18334836 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING BIOMARKERS | PAULS, JOHN A | 3683 | §101 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 17502661 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH IMMUNE PHENOTYPES FOR PATHOLOGY SLIDE IMAGE | MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L | 1685 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialLUNIT INC. has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 10 examiners.
Bion A Shelden has the most, with 1 of LUNIT INC.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
