Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Optoma Corporation has 3 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners but are all concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner is WEBB, MARGARET G, who holds 1 pending action.
The concentration of 3 pending actions within 1 art unit indicates a focused technical scope for the current portfolio. However, the involvement of 3 distinct examiners means that prosecution strategies must be adapted to the different individual perspectives within that single technical group. With 3 pending actions total, the portfolio's current activity is confined to a single technical environment, which may simplify the technical arguments required across the assigned examiners. This structure requires balancing a unified technical narrative with the specific preferences of 1 examiner and their peers. The current workload is entirely managed within this 1 art unit, allowing for a streamlined technical approach.
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%) |
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEBB, MARGARET G | 1 | 79.9% | +8.1% |
| TITCOMB, WILLIAM D | 1 | 83.6% | +13.5% |
| SOE, KYAW Z | 1 | 89.8% | +9.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18813054 | VIDEO-AUDIO SYSTEM AND VIDEO-AUDIO INTERACTIVE METHOD | TITCOMB, WILLIAM D | — |
| 18544447 | SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR FORMING A COMMUNICATION LINK | SOE, KYAW Z | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18923583 | DISPLAY DEVICE PAIRING METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | WEBB, MARGARET 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18813054 | VIDEO-AUDIO SYSTEM AND VIDEO-AUDIO INTERACTIVE METHOD | TITCOMB, WILLIAM D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2412 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18923583 | DISPLAY DEVICE PAIRING METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | WEBB, MARGARET G | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18813054 | VIDEO-AUDIO SYSTEM AND VIDEO-AUDIO INTERACTIVE METHOD | TITCOMB, WILLIAM D | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18544447 | SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR FORMING A COMMUNICATION LINK | SOE, KYAW Z | 2412 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
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