Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Methodical Mind LLC is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners but are both located within 1 distinct art unit. This profile suggests that while the company's applications fall under a single technical classification at the USPTO, they are being reviewed by different individuals within that specific group.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is NGUYEN, PHUONG H, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. With a busiest examiner pending count of 1 and a total of 2 pending office actions, the workload is evenly split between the 2 distinct examiners. This distribution allows the company to receive feedback from two different officials within the same art unit, providing a broader perspective on how their computing and software innovations are being evaluated.
For a practitioner, the concentration in 1 distinct art unit simplifies the administrative tracking of procedural norms and timelines. However, the involvement of 2 distinct examiners means that the company must still adapt its tactical approach to the individual preferences of each official. Managing 2 pending office actions within a single art unit requires careful coordination to ensure that the arguments made in one case do not negatively impact the other.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, PHUONG H | 1 | 62.7% | +42.4% |
| SHEN, SAMUEL | 1 | 43.3% | +21.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18822791 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SYSTEM | NGUYEN, PHUONG H | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18407398 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR QUALITY CONTROL | SHEN, SAMUEL | 61d |
| 18822791 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SYSTEM | NGUYEN, PHUONG H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2179 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18822791 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SYSTEM | NGUYEN, PHUONG H | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18407398 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR QUALITY CONTROL | SHEN, SAMUEL | 2179 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMethodical Mind LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Phuong H Nguyen has the most, with 1 of Methodical Mind LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.