Technology area: Communications
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
Mylaps B V is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. This level of activity indicates a focused effort to secure patent rights for communication-related innovations. The 2 pending actions represent the company's current front in the patent prosecution process.
The portfolio involves 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This 1:1 ratio between actions and examiners means that each of the 2 pending matters is being reviewed by a different individual in a different administrative section. This distribution prevents any single examiner from having a dominant influence over the company's current Communications portfolio.
VILLECCO, JOHN M is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since this examiner only manages 1 of the 2 total actions, the workload is evenly distributed. To succeed, the company must address the specific requirements of 2 different examiners across 2 separate art units within the Communications sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VILLECCO, JOHN M | 1 | 64.5% | +9.5% |
| SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M | 1 | 67.3% | +29.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18688622 | VISION-BASED SPORTS TIMING AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM | SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18688622 | VISION-BASED SPORTS TIMING AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM | SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2661 | 1 |
| 2671 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18847533 | SPORTS TIMING BASED ON A CAMERA SYSTEM | VILLECCO, JOHN M | 2661 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18688622 | VISION-BASED SPORTS TIMING AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM | SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M | 2671 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMylaps B V has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
John M Villecco has the most, with 1 of Mylaps B V's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
