Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Particle Media Inc.

Technology area: Computing & Software

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Particle Media Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Computing & Software technology area. This active matter is assigned to a distinct examiner working within 1 distinct art unit. The concentration of the portfolio shows the company's current patent prosecution focus. Prosecution within Computing & Software involves the specific examination standards of that field.

SHALU, ZELALEM W is the busiest examiner for this portfolio. This individual is responsible for the busiest examiner pending office action. This examiner handles the workload of the company's current prosecution in this technology area. The examiner's role is a feature of the current portfolio status.

The presence of a distinct art unit indicates that the technical reviews occur within a specific administrative group. Practitioners can focus their strategy on the requirements of the examiner assigned. This profile reflects a portfolio with a point of interaction with the patent office at this time. The alignment of the pending matter within this specific technology area defines the current interaction with the patent office.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
100% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHALU, ZELALEM W 1 31.9% +21.7%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
16075824 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-LEVEL CONTENT PLATFORM SHALU, ZELALEM W —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2145 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
16075824 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-LEVEL CONTENT PLATFORM SHALU, ZELALEM W 2145 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 06, 2018

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Particle Media Inc. have?

Particle Media Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Particle Media Inc. applications?

Zelalem W Shalu has the most, with 1 of Particle Media Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Particle Media Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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