Technology area: Computing & Software
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
MAN Group Operations Limited is currently navigating the patent prosecution process within the Computing & Software technology area. The company has 1 pending office action, which is being handled by a distinct examiner. This indicates a very focused and narrow interaction with the patent office at this time, as the workload is not distributed across multiple individuals or departments.
The prosecution activity is situated within 1 distinct art unit. This alignment suggests that the technical subject matter of the pending application is specialized enough to be contained within a specific administrative division. For a company in the Computing & Software space, this point of contact simplifies the administrative tracking of their intellectual property assets.
The busiest examiner identified in the data is STEVENS, ROBERT, who is currently managing the pending office action. Since this action represents the total pending volume for the company, the examiner's specific tendencies and prior rulings will be the primary factor in the immediate outcome of the portfolio. The relationship between STEVENS, ROBERT and the total pending actions highlights the focused nature of the current prosecution efforts.
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 | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEVENS, ROBERT | 1 | 81.4% | +11.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19130297 | Data Storage and Access | STEVENS, ROBERT | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19130297 | Data Storage and Access | STEVENS, ROBERT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2164 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19130297 | Data Storage and Access | STEVENS, ROBERT | 2164 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialMAN Group Operations Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Robert Stevens has the most, with 1 of MAN Group Operations Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
