Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Morou Boukari is managing 2 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units and are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners. This distribution shows that even with a small number of filings, the portfolio is touching different technical niches and examiner perspectives within the communications sector. The use of 2 distinct art units suggests that the applications cover diverse aspects of communication technology.
DULANEY, KATHLEEN YUAN is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units for only 2 pending actions, the portfolio is highly decentralized. This variety suggests that the applicant is pursuing different facets of technology that require specialized review from different parts of the USPTO. The distribution of pending actions to examiners ensures that each matter is being evaluated independently. Practitioners can expect that the prosecution of the 2 pending office actions will proceed on separate timelines due to the involvement of different examiners and art units.
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 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DULANEY, KATHLEEN YUAN | 1 | 77.0% | +24.3% |
| DAVIS, SHARON M | 1 | 68.0% | +26.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18274927 | Method and Device for Energy Production and Synthesis of Rare Metals by Transmutation and Nuclear Fusion | DAVIS, SHARON M | 28d |
| 18625794 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING A LIVING OR NON-LIVING ENTITY | DULANEY, KATHLEEN YUAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18274927 | Method and Device for Energy Production and Synthesis of Rare Metals by Transmutation and Nuclear Fusion | DAVIS, SHARON M | 28d |
| 18625794 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING A LIVING OR NON-LIVING ENTITY | DULANEY, KATHLEEN YUAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2666 | 1 |
| 3646 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18625794 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING A LIVING OR NON-LIVING ENTITY | DULANEY, KATHLEEN YUAN | 2666 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18274927 | Method and Device for Energy Production and Synthesis of Rare Metals by Transmutation and Nuclear Fusion | DAVIS, SHARON M | 3646 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
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