Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Pattern Inc.

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Pattern Inc. currently has 7 pending office actions within its company patent portfolio. These actions are situated in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio's prosecution is spread across 3 distinct art units. This concentration suggests that the company's mechanical and e-commerce innovations are being reviewed by a small, specialized group of technical units.

There are 6 distinct examiners involved in these 7 pending office actions. BAGGOT, BREFFNI is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 2 pending office actions. This examiner is the only one handling more than a single matter, as the remaining actions are distributed among the other examiners. The presence of 6 examiners for 7 actions indicates a relatively distributed workload. Practitioners should note that BAGGOT, BREFFNI holds a larger share of the portfolio's active matters compared to the other examiners, making this examiner's tendencies particularly relevant to the company's overall prosecution success.

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

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (29%)
§101 + other3 (43%)
§103 only2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
57% of docket
2
Business / Other
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BAGGOT, BREFFNI 2 35.3% +25.8%
MORRIS, JOHN J 1 61.4% +20.4%
WEINER, ARIELLE E 1 43.6% +53.3%
ZEENDER, FLORIAN M 1 21.6% +18.4%
ANSARI, AZAM A 1 47.4% +47.8%
KONERU, SUJAY 1 58.2% +37.6%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19073685 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME BIDDING ANSARI, AZAM A 18d overdue
18591797 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO GENERATE MARKETPLACE LISTINGS BAGGOT, BREFFNI 30d
19203410 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING DIGITAL MARKETPLACE LISTING COMPARISONS WEINER, ARIELLE E —
19189909 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND DYNAMICALLY APPLYING DIGITAL REPRESENTATIONS OF ITEMS WITHIN A WAREHOUSE ENVIRONMENT ZEENDER, FLORIAN M —
18984310 AUTOMATED LURKER ADVERTISING SYSTEM BAGGOT, BREFFNI —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19073685 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME BIDDING ANSARI, AZAM A 18d overdue
19203348 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING DIGITAL MARKETPLACE SYNDICATION REQUESTS MORRIS, JOHN J 5d overdue
18591797 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO GENERATE MARKETPLACE LISTINGS BAGGOT, BREFFNI 30d
19036651 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CONTENT CREATION KONERU, SUJAY 56d
19203410 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING DIGITAL MARKETPLACE LISTING COMPARISONS WEINER, ARIELLE E —
19189909 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND DYNAMICALLY APPLYING DIGITAL REPRESENTATIONS OF ITEMS WITHIN A WAREHOUSE ENVIRONMENT ZEENDER, FLORIAN M —
18984310 AUTOMATED LURKER ADVERTISING SYSTEM BAGGOT, BREFFNI —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3621 3
2152 1
3624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19203348 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING DIGITAL MARKETPLACE SYNDICATION REQUESTS MORRIS, JOHN J 2152 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending May 09, 2025
19203410 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING DIGITAL MARKETPLACE LISTING COMPARISONS WEINER, ARIELLE E — §101 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2025
19189909 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND DYNAMICALLY APPLYING DIGITAL REPRESENTATIONS OF ITEMS WITHIN A WAREHOUSE ENVIRONMENT ZEENDER, FLORIAN M — §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2025
19073685 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME BIDDING ANSARI, AZAM A 3621 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2025
19036651 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CONTENT CREATION KONERU, SUJAY 3624 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jan 24, 2025
18984310 AUTOMATED LURKER ADVERTISING SYSTEM BAGGOT, BREFFNI 3621 §101Other Final Rejection — Pending Dec 17, 2024
18591797 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO GENERATE MARKETPLACE LISTINGS BAGGOT, BREFFNI 3621 §101DP Non-Final OA 30d Pending Feb 29, 2024

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