Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Machinesense LLC

Technology area: Computing & Software

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Machinesense LLC has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a very specific and concentrated focus for the company's current patent activity within the software domain. For the company, this means that the success of their current intellectual property strategy relies on the specific examination standards of the 1 art unit involved, rather than being spread across multiple departments.

The busiest examiner for this portfolio is POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This 1 action represents the total volume of pending office actions for the company. With 1 distinct examiner assigned to the 1 pending action, the prosecution is centralized under a single individual at the patent office. This 1 busiest examiner pending action represents the full extent of the company's current workload under review, allowing for a highly focused prosecution strategy and direct communication with the examiner.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
100% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ 1 76.5% +32.2%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18986023 SYSTEM FOR RULE MANAGEMENT, PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF A PROCESS AND MACHINE USING RECONFIGURABLE SENSOR NETWORKS AND BIG DATA MACHINE LEARNING POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18986023 SYSTEM FOR RULE MANAGEMENT, PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF A PROCESS AND MACHINE USING RECONFIGURABLE SENSOR NETWORKS AND BIG DATA MACHINE LEARNING POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2115 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18986023 SYSTEM FOR RULE MANAGEMENT, PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF A PROCESS AND MACHINE USING RECONFIGURABLE SENSOR NETWORKS AND BIG DATA MACHINE LEARNING POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ 2115 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Machinesense LLC have?

Machinesense LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Machinesense LLC applications?

Santosh Raj Poudel has the most, with 1 of Machinesense LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Machinesense LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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