Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ocient Inc. has 4 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and an equal number of distinct art units. HUBERT G CHEUNG is the busiest examiner for the company, handling 3 pending office actions. This concentration under HUBERT G CHEUNG means that most of the company's current pending actions are being reviewed by a single individual. The remaining 4 pending office actions include one matter handled by the other distinct examiner.
The distribution across 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's Computing & Software filings are split between two technical specializations. However, with 3 of the 4 pending office actions assigned to HUBERT G CHEUNG, the company can centralize much of its prosecution strategy. Managing the portfolio with only 2 distinct examiners allows for a more focused approach than a more fragmented portfolio would permit. The company must balance the requirements of these 2 distinct examiners across the 2 distinct art units.
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 (25%) |
| §103 only | 2 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEUNG, HUBERT G | 3 | 63.4% | +47.5% |
| MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO | 1 | 49.7% | +20.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19349172 | PARALLELIZED DATA INPUT SUB-SYSTEM OF A DATABASE SYSTEM | CHEUNG, HUBERT G | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19349172 | PARALLELIZED DATA INPUT SUB-SYSTEM OF A DATABASE SYSTEM | CHEUNG, HUBERT G | — |
| 19318663 | NULL ELIMINATION DATA SLAB COMPRESSION SCHEME OF A PARALLELIZED DATABASE SYSTEM | CHEUNG, HUBERT G | — |
| 19318553 | DATA SLAB COMPRESSION OF A PARALLELIZED DATABASE SYSTEM | CHEUNG, HUBERT G | — |
| 18796490 | DIVIDED MAIN MEMORY WITH COMPUTING DEVICE MEMORY SECTION AND DATABASE MEMORY SECTION | MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2161 | 3 |
| 2159 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19349172 | PARALLELIZED DATA INPUT SUB-SYSTEM OF A DATABASE SYSTEM | CHEUNG, HUBERT G | 2161 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2025 |
| 19318663 | NULL ELIMINATION DATA SLAB COMPRESSION SCHEME OF A PARALLELIZED DATABASE SYSTEM | CHEUNG, HUBERT G | 2161 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2025 |
| 19318553 | DATA SLAB COMPRESSION OF A PARALLELIZED DATABASE SYSTEM | CHEUNG, HUBERT G | 2161 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2025 |
| 18796490 | DIVIDED MAIN MEMORY WITH COMPUTING DEVICE MEMORY SECTION AND DATABASE MEMORY SECTION | MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO | 2159 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
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