Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nextiva, Inc. has 5 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This suggests that while there are multiple actions, they are concentrated within specific examination groups.
The busiest examiner, PHAM, KHANH B, is responsible for 3 busiest examiner pending office actions. This is a concentration of the workload, as the busiest examiner is handling more actions than the other distinct examiners. The remaining actions are split among the other examiners.
Practitioners should prioritize understanding the preferences of PHAM, KHANH B, given their oversight of 3 pending office actions. With 5 pending office actions in total, the portfolio requires active management. The use of 2 distinct art units indicates that the technical focus is relatively narrow, even though 3 distinct examiners are involved. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the legal strategy must be consistent across these specific technical groups.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHAM, KHANH B | 1 | 72.6% | +15.2% |
| PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G | 1 | 83.5% | +3.2% |
| KHANAL, SANDARVA | 1 | 67.8% | +14.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18965726 | Multi-Device Teleconferences | PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G | — |
| 18924363 | System and Method of Automated Communications via Verticalization | KHANAL, SANDARVA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19258339 | System and Method for Auto-Provisioning AI-Based Dialog Service | PHAM, KHANH B | — |
| 18924363 | System and Method of Automated Communications via Verticalization | KHANAL, SANDARVA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2166 | 1 |
| 2453 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19258339 | System and Method for Auto-Provisioning AI-Based Dialog Service | PHAM, KHANH B | 2166 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 18965726 | Multi-Device Teleconferences | PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18924363 | System and Method of Automated Communications via Verticalization | KHANAL, SANDARVA | 2453 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
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