Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
The patent portfolio for Meriem Menani currently features 1 pending office action within the Communications technology area. This single active matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, Dylan Maguire Neece. The prosecution activity is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a highly focused examination path for the current filing. Such a narrow distribution across art units suggests that the technical subject matter remains within a specific niche of the broader Communications field.
Dylan Maguire Neece serves as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This individual workload matches the total 1 pending office action for the entire portfolio. Practitioners can anticipate a streamlined interaction given that 1 distinct examiner manages the full scope of the pending Communications applications. The alignment between the 1 distinct examiner and the 1 distinct art unit indicates a consolidated prosecution strategy at this stage. This concentration allows for a direct dialogue with the USPTO regarding the specific claims in the pending matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEECE, DYLAN MAGUIRE | 1 | 80.0% | +23.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18974910 | MULTIPLE AUDIO TYPE SOUND MACHINE | NEECE, DYLAN MAGUIRE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18974910 | MULTIPLE AUDIO TYPE SOUND MACHINE | NEECE, DYLAN MAGUIRE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2692 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18974910 | MULTIPLE AUDIO TYPE SOUND MACHINE | NEECE, DYLAN MAGUIRE | 2692 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMeriem Menani has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Dylan Maguire Neece has the most, with 1 of Meriem Menani's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
