Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
10 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mentor Acquisition One LLC has 10 pending office actions in Communications. The matters span 8 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, showing that the portfolio is distributed across multiple examination settings.
PINKNEY, DAWAYNE is the busiest identified examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel may coordinate review for that examiner while using individualized claim and prior-art strategies for the broader set of assignments.
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 only | 1 (10%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (10%) |
| §103 only | 3 (30%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | 2 | 80.6% | +18.0% |
| MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | 2 | 86.0% | +3.2% |
| ILUYOMADE, IFEDAYO B | 1 | 74.5% | +8.2% |
| PRASAD, NANCY N | 1 | 21.3% | +18.2% |
| AZARI, SEPEHR | 1 | 66.8% | +7.8% |
| ROANE, AARON F | 1 | 73.4% | +9.8% |
| JOSEPH, DENNIS P | 1 | 49.1% | +17.8% |
| JANSEN II, MICHAEL J | 1 | 67.2% | +18.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18972640 | TEMPLE AND EAR HORN ASSEMBLY FOR HEADWORN COMPUTER | MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | — |
| 18794884 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19384884 | SIGHT INFORMATION COLLECTION IN HEAD WORN COMPUTING | PRASAD, NANCY N | — |
| 19187918 | HEAD-WORN THERAPY DEVICE | ROANE, AARON F | — |
| 19004093 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS WITH STRAY LIGHT MANAGEMENT | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | — |
| 18984553 | SPEAKER ASSEMBLY FOR HEADWORN COMPUTER | MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14802878 | EXTERNAL USER INTERFACE FOR HEAD WORN COMPUTING | JANSEN II, MICHAEL J | 3d overdue |
| 19384884 | SIGHT INFORMATION COLLECTION IN HEAD WORN COMPUTING | PRASAD, NANCY N | — |
| 19004093 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS WITH STRAY LIGHT MANAGEMENT | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | — |
| 18794884 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | — |
| 18598807 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS | JOSEPH, DENNIS P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 4 |
| 2621 | 2 |
| 2624 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 2626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19451677 | EYE IMAGING IN HEAD WORN COMPUTING | ILUYOMADE, IFEDAYO B | 2624 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2026 |
| 19384884 | SIGHT INFORMATION COLLECTION IN HEAD WORN COMPUTING | PRASAD, NANCY N | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 19276514 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS WITH ADJUSTABLE ZOOM CAMERAS | AZARI, SEPEHR | 2621 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19187918 | HEAD-WORN THERAPY DEVICE | ROANE, AARON F | 3792 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19004093 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS WITH STRAY LIGHT MANAGEMENT | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | 2872 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18984553 | SPEAKER ASSEMBLY FOR HEADWORN COMPUTER | MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | 2872 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18972640 | TEMPLE AND EAR HORN ASSEMBLY FOR HEADWORN COMPUTER | MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | 2872 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18794884 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | 2872 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18598807 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS | JOSEPH, DENNIS P | 2621 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 14802878 | EXTERNAL USER INTERFACE FOR HEAD WORN COMPUTING | JANSEN II, MICHAEL J | 2626 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jul 17, 2015 |
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Start Free TrialMentor Acquisition One LLC has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 8 examiners.
Dawayne Pinkney has the most, with 2 of Mentor Acquisition One LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
