Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Npl Management Limited holds a company patent portfolio in the Communications technology area. The data indicates that there is 1 pending office action currently being processed. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which reflects a highly centralized prosecution strategy. Additionally, the work is localized within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the company's current patent activity is focused on a specific technical domain. This arrangement allows for a consistent application of art unit standards across the pending matter.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is VANDERPUYE, KENNETH N, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the total count of pending office actions is 1, this examiner manages the full active workload for the company. Practitioners should focus their efforts on this single point of contact, as the examiner's perspective will be the primary factor in the outcome of the prosecution. The absence of other pending actions means there are no internal benchmarks to use when evaluating this examiner's specific requirements.
The coordination between the distinct examiner and the distinct art unit for the 1 pending office action ensures a focused legal approach. This structure minimizes the administrative burden of tracking multiple examiners and art units. The workload is distributed such that VANDERPUYE, KENNETH N handles the pending office action, representing the entirety of the company's current engagement with the patent office. This centralization provides a clear opportunity to establish a strong and persuasive dialogue with the examiner to move the portfolio forward.
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 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VANDERPUYE, KENNETH N | 1 | 27.8% | +4.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18634001 | Environmental Change Detection | VANDERPUYE, KENNETH N | 22d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2634 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18634001 | Environmental Change Detection | VANDERPUYE, KENNETH N | 2634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNpl Management Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kenneth N Vanderpuye has the most, with 1 of Npl Management Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
