Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications
7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Petal Cloud Technology Co. Ltd. is currently managing 7 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These 7 actions are spread across 7 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is handling exactly one case. Furthermore, the portfolio is distributed across 7 distinct art units, showing a high degree of technical and administrative fragmentation.
BEKERMAN, MICHAEL is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. The equal count of pending actions, examiners, and art units is a notable characteristic of this portfolio. This suggests that the company's software-related filings are diverse enough to trigger reviews from many different specialized groups within the USPTO, each with its own specific focus.
Such a wide spread requires the company to adapt to 7 different sets of examiner expectations and art unit practices simultaneously. This decentralized structure means that no single examiner's decision-making process dominates the company's prosecution experience. Instead, the company must maintain a versatile strategy to address the unique requirements of many different administrative units within the Computing & Software sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (29%) |
| §103 only | 4 (57%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEKERMAN, MICHAEL | 1 | 32.5% | +31.1% |
| HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q | 1 | 68.0% | +11.4% |
| PANNELL, MARK G | 1 | 74.5% | +14.7% |
| GALERA, PATRICK PAUL CONTRER | 1 | 75.0% | +27.3% |
| JEON, JAE UK | 1 | 74.9% | +45.2% |
| ORR, HENRY W | 1 | 50.5% | +37.3% |
| SHIBEROU, MAHELET | 1 | 73.6% | +26.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19080340 | Advertisement Delivery Method and Apparatus, Cloud Server, and Readable Storage Medium | BEKERMAN, MICHAEL | 27d |
| 18696660 | Device Search Method and System, and Electronic Device | PANNELL, MARK G | — |
| 18424900 | APPLICATION CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | JEON, JAE UK | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18276136 | PICTURE SHARING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SHIBEROU, MAHELET | 147d overdue |
| 19080340 | Advertisement Delivery Method and Apparatus, Cloud Server, and Readable Storage Medium | BEKERMAN, MICHAEL | 27d |
| 19072278 | Video Playback Method, Terminal Device, Apparatus, System, and Storage Medium | HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q | — |
| 18696660 | Device Search Method and System, and Electronic Device | PANNELL, MARK G | — |
| 18724807 | PICTURE SHARING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | GALERA, PATRICK PAUL CONTRER | — |
| 18424900 | APPLICATION CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | JEON, JAE UK | — |
| 18545140 | SHORTCUT ICON DISPLAY METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE | ORR, HENRY W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3621 | 1 |
| 2425 | 1 |
| 2642 | 1 |
| 2617 | 1 |
| 2193 | 1 |
| 2172 | 1 |
| 2171 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19080340 | Advertisement Delivery Method and Apparatus, Cloud Server, and Readable Storage Medium | BEKERMAN, MICHAEL | 3621 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19072278 | Video Playback Method, Terminal Device, Apparatus, System, and Storage Medium | HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q | 2425 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 18696660 | Device Search Method and System, and Electronic Device | PANNELL, MARK G | 2642 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18724807 | PICTURE SHARING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | GALERA, PATRICK PAUL CONTRER | 2617 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18424900 | APPLICATION CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | JEON, JAE UK | 2193 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18545140 | SHORTCUT ICON DISPLAY METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE | ORR, HENRY W | 2172 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18276136 | PICTURE SHARING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SHIBEROU, MAHELET | 2171 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | Aug 07, 2023 |
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