Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
32 pending office actions • 27 art units • 32 examiners • 0 of 32 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 107 patents granted in the last 365 days
Motorola Solutions Inc. manages a large patent portfolio in the Communications technology area, currently featuring 33 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 33 distinct examiners, meaning that every pending matter is being handled by a different individual. This distribution indicates a highly decentralized prosecution environment.
The portfolio's activity is spread across 27 distinct art units. This broad distribution across art units suggests that the 33 pending office actions cover a wide range of technical sub-fields within the Communications sector. DOUGLAS GODBOLD is identified as the busiest examiner, though this individual is responsible for only 1 pending office action.
With 33 pending office actions and 33 distinct examiners, the workload is spread among the examiners involved. The use of 27 distinct art units further emphasizes the diversity of the portfolio's current pending matters. Practitioners must manage interactions with a large number of examiners and art units, as the busiest examiner, DOUGLAS GODBOLD, holds only 1 pending action. This variety requires a flexible strategy to address the many different examiner preferences and art unit norms present.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 2 (6%) |
| §101 + other | 8 (25%) |
| §103 only | 17 (53%) |
| §102 only | 2 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (9%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GODBOLD, DOUGLAS | 1 | 83.3% | +10.6% |
| TUN, NAY L | 1 | 64.9% | +31.4% |
| SPIELER, WILLIAM | 1 | 73.6% | +9.7% |
| COLEMAN, STEPHEN P | 1 | 84.0% | +11.3% |
| POPE, KHARYE | 1 | 65.8% | +21.4% |
| RUSS, COREY V | 1 | 27.1% | +38.6% |
| GILLIARD, DELOMIA L | 1 | 89.6% | +10.4% |
| BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D | 1 | 63.0% | +18.4% |
| PATEL, CHANDRAHAS B | 1 | 88.6% | +7.0% |
| SHERRILLO, DYLAN JOSEPH | 1 | 89.8% | +13.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18983427 | EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION APPLICATION WITH SECONDARY USER MONITORING AND ALERTING | COLEMAN, STEPHEN P | — |
| 18921752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING SELECTIVE PRIVACY OVERRIDES FOR TARGETED OBJECT RECOGNITION | GILLIARD, DELOMIA L | — |
| 18788867 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS | PATEL, CHANDRAHAS B | — |
| 18773827 | Device and Method for Improving Quality of Audio Captured Corresponding to an Incident | SHERRILLO, DYLAN JOSEPH | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18537283 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHECK-IN USING A CAMERA ASSIGNED FROM AMONGST A PLURALITY OF PRE-DEPLOYED CAMERAS | HUANG, JAY | 15d overdue |
| 18437300 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR AVOIDING PAROLEE VIOLATIONS | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 8d overdue |
| 18068829 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A DYNAMIC INDIVIDUALIZED VEHICULAR PROFILE BASED ON UNIQUE VEHICULAR IDENTIFIERS | SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V | 6d |
| 18529677 | SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SCHOOL SECURITY | MA, LISA | 7d |
| 18645784 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UPDATING A DIGITAL-ASSISTANT RECOMMENDATION IN RESPONSE TO A USER NOT FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATION | KAZEMINEZHAD, FARZAD | 22d |
| 19004821 | Operating Communication Device Based on Detected Vehicle Occupants | GODBOLD, DOUGLAS | — |
| 18991773 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUERYING AN ENTERPRISE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM | SPIELER, WILLIAM | — |
| 18935251 | SECURITY ECOSYSTEM WITH LOCATION-SPECIFIC PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT | RUSS, COREY V | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19004821 | Operating Communication Device Based on Detected Vehicle Occupants | GODBOLD, DOUGLAS | — |
| 19005831 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT-BASED EMERGENCY ALERTS | TUN, NAY L | — |
| 18983427 | EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION APPLICATION WITH SECONDARY USER MONITORING AND ALERTING | COLEMAN, STEPHEN P | — |
| 18967902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A WIRELESS REMOTE SPEAKER MICROPHONE TO ENTER INACTIVE OPERATIONAL STATE UPON DETECTION OF A FORCED DISPLACEMENT | POPE, KHARYE | — |
| 18935251 | SECURITY ECOSYSTEM WITH LOCATION-SPECIFIC PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT | RUSS, COREY V | — |
| 18921752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING SELECTIVE PRIVACY OVERRIDES FOR TARGETED OBJECT RECOGNITION | GILLIARD, DELOMIA L | — |
| 18820664 | DETECTING USER INACTIVITY IN A MULTIPROCESSOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE | BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D | — |
| 18773827 | Device and Method for Improving Quality of Audio Captured Corresponding to an Incident | SHERRILLO, DYLAN JOSEPH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3626 | 3 |
| 3629 | 2 |
| 2655 | 1 |
| 2688 | 1 |
| 2159 | 1 |
| 2675 | 1 |
| 2693 | 1 |
| 2661 | 1 |
| 2171 | 1 |
| 2665 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19004821 | Operating Communication Device Based on Detected Vehicle Occupants | GODBOLD, DOUGLAS | 2655 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19005831 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT-BASED EMERGENCY ALERTS | TUN, NAY L | 2688 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18991773 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUERYING AN ENTERPRISE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM | SPIELER, WILLIAM | 2159 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18983427 | EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION APPLICATION WITH SECONDARY USER MONITORING AND ALERTING | COLEMAN, STEPHEN P | 2675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18967902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A WIRELESS REMOTE SPEAKER MICROPHONE TO ENTER INACTIVE OPERATIONAL STATE UPON DETECTION OF A FORCED DISPLACEMENT | POPE, KHARYE | 2693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18935251 | SECURITY ECOSYSTEM WITH LOCATION-SPECIFIC PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT | RUSS, COREY V | 3629 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18921752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING SELECTIVE PRIVACY OVERRIDES FOR TARGETED OBJECT RECOGNITION | GILLIARD, DELOMIA L | 2661 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18820664 | DETECTING USER INACTIVITY IN A MULTIPROCESSOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE | BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D | 2171 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18788867 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS | PATEL, CHANDRAHAS B | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18773827 | Device and Method for Improving Quality of Audio Captured Corresponding to an Incident | SHERRILLO, DYLAN JOSEPH | 2665 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18645784 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UPDATING A DIGITAL-ASSISTANT RECOMMENDATION IN RESPONSE TO A USER NOT FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATION | KAZEMINEZHAD, FARZAD | 2653 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18437300 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR AVOIDING PAROLEE VIOLATIONS | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 3626 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18394202 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING VIDEO FROM CAMERAS FOR TRACKING AND ACCESS AUTHORIZATION | DWYER, MATTHEW JAMES | 2649 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18392589 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPEDITED BORDER CROSSING | SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI | 2466 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18540164 | METHOD FOR ENABLING AN EMERGENCY CALLER TO SELECTIVELY ACCESS INFORMATION ABOUT INCIDENT-RESPONSE RESOURCES | MURILLO GARCIA, FABRICIO R | 2633 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18537923 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING AN EXISTING WORKFLOW BASED ON AN ARTIFICIAL EVENT | ANYA, CHARLES E | 2194 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18537283 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHECK-IN USING A CAMERA ASSIGNED FROM AMONGST A PLURALITY OF PRE-DEPLOYED CAMERAS | HUANG, JAY | 3619 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18529677 | SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SCHOOL SECURITY | MA, LISA | 3628 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18527811 | LIMITING DEVICE FEATURES BASED ON USER AUTHENTICATION | LIPMAN, JACOB | 2434 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18513727 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY MODIFYING ELEVATOR WORKFLOW BASED ON INCIDENT TYPE | IACOLETTI, MICHELLE M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18508374 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CONNECTOR APPLICATION TO CAUSE AN ACTION TO BE EXECUTED BY A PUBLIC SAFETY DEVICE | TORRES, MARCOS L | 2647 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18481262 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING ADDITIONAL ANALYTICS AT AN ACCESS CONTROL POINT | YANG, JAMES J | 2686 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18462504 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A GENERATED IMAGE THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF AN INCIDENT | BROWN, SHEREE N | 2612 | §103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18365251 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYTICS SELECTION BASED ON PURSUIT-CONTEXT DETAILS | SMALL, NAOMI J | 2685 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18209839 | SECURITY ECOSYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORKFLOWS ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT ENTITIES BASED ON EXPORT AND IMPORT RULES | BAHL, SANGEETA | 3626 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18190554 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS DURING EVIDENCE COLLECTION | SENSENIG, SHAUN D | 3629 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18177154 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRIGGERING AN AUDIO COMPONENT CHANGE ACTION | WASHBURN, DANIEL C | 2657 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2023 |
| 18099776 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC ACCESS CONTROL USING WORKFLOW CONTEXT | MCINTOSH, ANDREW T | 2144 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
| 18145030 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS ASSURANCE ANALYSIS | SEFCHECK, GREGORY B | 2477 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
| 18068829 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A DYNAMIC INDIVIDUALIZED VEHICULAR PROFILE BASED ON UNIQUE VEHICULAR IDENTIFIERS | SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V | 3626 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 18051040 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO INCENTIVIZE A USER TO UPDATE A DEVICE | BROPHY, MATTHEW J | 2191 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2022 |
| 17432499 | FORM FIELD HIGHLIGHTING AND REARRANGEMENT BASED ON INCIDENT IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION | BURKE, TIONNA M | 2178 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2021 |
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