Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Matterport Inc.

Technology area: Communications

7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Matterport Inc. has 7 pending office actions in Communications. The matters involve 7 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units, showing examiner dispersion with some concentration at the art-unit level.

WILSON, NICHOLAS R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Portfolio management should coordinate recurring technical positions across units while maintaining separate examiner-specific response plans.

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

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (43%)
1
Medium (14%)
3
Easy (43%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
7
Communications
100% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WILSON, NICHOLAS R 1 87.3% +11.6%
GRAY, RYAN M 1 87.8% +11.8%
CRAWFORD, JACINTA M 1 88.0% +9.7%
MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L 1 86.6% +13.0%
GODDARD, TAMMY 1 34.0% +18.3%
GUO, XILIN 1 81.8% +18.8%
MAZUMDER, SAPTARSHI 1 65.0% +11.4%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19049849 SIMULATION OF CLOUD DATA FOR MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING GRAY, RYAN M —
19035533 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBJECT DETECTION AND INTERACTIVE 3D MODELS CRAWFORD, JACINTA M —
19030035 PROCESSING AND/OR TRANSMITTING 3D DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A 3D MODEL OF AN INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L —

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19081905 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR DIGITAL TWINS WILSON, NICHOLAS R —
19004162 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PROPERTY LAYOUTS AND ASSOCIATED FUNCTIONALITY GODDARD, TAMMY —
18957446 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZED COORDINATION AND IMAGE CAPTURE FOR MODELING AN ENVIRONMENT GUO, XILIN —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17069504 SEMANTIC UNDERSTANDING OF 3D DATA MAZUMDER, SAPTARSHI 44d overdue
19081905 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR DIGITAL TWINS WILSON, NICHOLAS R —
19049849 SIMULATION OF CLOUD DATA FOR MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING GRAY, RYAN M —
19030035 PROCESSING AND/OR TRANSMITTING 3D DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A 3D MODEL OF AN INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L —
19004162 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PROPERTY LAYOUTS AND ASSOCIATED FUNCTIONALITY GODDARD, TAMMY —
18957446 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZED COORDINATION AND IMAGE CAPTURE FOR MODELING AN ENVIRONMENT GUO, XILIN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2611 4
2612 2
2616 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19081905 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR DIGITAL TWINS WILSON, NICHOLAS R 2611 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2025
19049849 SIMULATION OF CLOUD DATA FOR MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING GRAY, RYAN M 2611 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 10, 2025
19035533 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBJECT DETECTION AND INTERACTIVE 3D MODELS CRAWFORD, JACINTA M 2611 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2025
19030035 PROCESSING AND/OR TRANSMITTING 3D DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A 3D MODEL OF AN INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L 2612 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
19004162 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PROPERTY LAYOUTS AND ASSOCIATED FUNCTIONALITY GODDARD, TAMMY 2611 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 27, 2024
18957446 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZED COORDINATION AND IMAGE CAPTURE FOR MODELING AN ENVIRONMENT GUO, XILIN 2616 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
17069504 SEMANTIC UNDERSTANDING OF 3D DATA MAZUMDER, SAPTARSHI 2612 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Matterport Inc. have?

Matterport Inc. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Matterport Inc. applications?

Nicholas R Wilson has the most, with 1 of Matterport Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Matterport Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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