Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Plume Design Inc.

22 pending office actions • 19 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)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.

8
Hard (36%)
13
Medium (59%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other5 (23%)
§103 only12 (55%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
8
Information Tech
36% of docket
2
Communications
9% of docket
4
Semiconductors
18% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
2
Business / Other
9% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRAN, HAI V 1 78.9% +18.8%
GENACK, MATTHEW W 1 64.1% +22.3%
YANG, JIANXUN 1 74.7% +18.6%
KIDANE, MEHERET WOLDEGEBREAL 1 82.6% +23.5%
KHAWAR, SAAD 1 85.6% +7.8%
HONG, DUNG 1 83.7% +14.3%
LYNCH, SHARON S 1 76.4% +47.3%
KIM, WON TAE C 1 88.7% -3.1%
HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES 1 51.4% +35.7%
SHAH, TANMAY K 1 89.1% +9.3%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18613527 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING AFC VIA GEOLOCATED ACCESS POINT DEVICES SHAH, TANMAY K 5d
18654671 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIFI MOTION SENSING WITH ADVANCED DEVICE LOCALIZATION KHAWAR, SAAD
18652925 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME USER POSITIONING HONG, DUNG
18646886 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED QUALITY OF SERVICE IN WI-FI NETWORKS THROUGH PRE-PROVISIONED TUNNELS KIM, WON TAE C

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18913295 SINGLE FEEDER MULTI-FREQUENCY ANTENNA TRAN, HAI V 49d overdue
18329620 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER DATA-BASED LOCATION MANAGEMENT HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 49d overdue
18363203 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION-BASED DEVICE CONTROL BASED ON PREDICTED APPLICATION USAGE BOND, REED MADISON 8d overdue
18453532 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE DEVICE MANAGEMENT ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 14d
18822806 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE AND/OR DEVICE TYPE IDENTIFICATION USING WIRELESS CHANNEL CHARACTERISTICS GENACK, MATTHEW W
18806760 OCCUPANCY DETECTION USING MOVEMENT DETECTION AND WIRELESS NETWORK ACTIVITY YANG, JIANXUN
18776319 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED MODIFICATION OF WIRELESS NETWORKS KIDANE, MEHERET WOLDEGEBREAL
18145974 Recording screenshots and user actions for troubleshooting operations of an app BOURZIK, BRAHIM

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
18913295 SINGLE FEEDER MULTI-FREQUENCY ANTENNA TRAN, HAI V 49d overdue
18648676 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING AND LEVERAGING SECURE ACCESS TO DATA ACROSS WI-FI NETWORKS LYNCH, SHARON S 28d overdue
18632576 WI-FI NETWORK-BASED INTERACTIVE GAMING SYSTEM AND METHODS HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES 39d
18822806 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE AND/OR DEVICE TYPE IDENTIFICATION USING WIRELESS CHANNEL CHARACTERISTICS GENACK, MATTHEW W
18806760 OCCUPANCY DETECTION USING MOVEMENT DETECTION AND WIRELESS NETWORK ACTIVITY YANG, JIANXUN
18776319 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED MODIFICATION OF WIRELESS NETWORKS KIDANE, MEHERET WOLDEGEBREAL
18652925 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME USER POSITIONING HONG, DUNG

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2845 2
2464 1
2412 1
2643 1
2438 1
2414 1
3715 1
2632 1
2818 1
3693 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18913295 SINGLE FEEDER MULTI-FREQUENCY ANTENNA TRAN, HAI V 2845 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2024
18822806 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE AND/OR DEVICE TYPE IDENTIFICATION USING WIRELESS CHANNEL CHARACTERISTICS GENACK, MATTHEW W §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18806760 OCCUPANCY DETECTION USING MOVEMENT DETECTION AND WIRELESS NETWORK ACTIVITY YANG, JIANXUN §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18776319 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED MODIFICATION OF WIRELESS NETWORKS KIDANE, MEHERET WOLDEGEBREAL 2464 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2024
18654671 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIFI MOTION SENSING WITH ADVANCED DEVICE LOCALIZATION KHAWAR, SAAD 2412 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 03, 2024
18652925 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME USER POSITIONING HONG, DUNG 2643 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 02, 2024
18648676 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING AND LEVERAGING SECURE ACCESS TO DATA ACROSS WI-FI NETWORKS LYNCH, SHARON S 2438 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
18646886 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED QUALITY OF SERVICE IN WI-FI NETWORKS THROUGH PRE-PROVISIONED TUNNELS KIM, WON TAE C 2414 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18632576 WI-FI NETWORK-BASED INTERACTIVE GAMING SYSTEM AND METHODS HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES 3715 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Apr 11, 2024
18613527 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING AFC VIA GEOLOCATED ACCESS POINT DEVICES SHAH, TANMAY K 2632 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Mar 22, 2024
18428246 APPARATUSES FOR REDUCING PIN-TO-PIN INTERFERENCE IN PHYSICAL PROCESSORS HO, TU TU V 2818 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 31, 2024
18453532 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE DEVICE MANAGEMENT ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 3693 §101§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Aug 22, 2023
18363203 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION-BASED DEVICE CONTROL BASED ON PREDICTED APPLICATION USAGE BOND, REED MADISON 3624 §101§103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18349253 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION CONTROL BASED ON AIR QUALITY METRICS DUNN, DARRIN D 2117 §112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 10, 2023
18343224 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ADAPTIVE MULTI-LINK OPERATION MESH NETWORK PHAM, TITO Q 2466 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18342208 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC SLEEP MANAGEMENT KANAAN, MAROUN P 3687 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2023
18336601 EXHAUST AIRFLOW DIRECTION CONTROL BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY 3762 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2023
18335222 SPRING MEMBER FOR ANTENNA CONTACT SINGH, GURBIR 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 15, 2023
18329620 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER DATA-BASED LOCATION MANAGEMENT HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 3792 §102§103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2023
18302152 INTERFERENCE SHIELDING IN COMPACT ELECTRONIC DEVICES DANG, HUNG Q 2841 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Apr 18, 2023
18145974 Recording screenshots and user actions for troubleshooting operations of an app BOURZIK, BRAHIM 2191 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 23, 2022
17751175 Systems and methods for Single Sign On (SSO) redirecting in the presence of multiple service providers for a cloud service RASHID, HARUNUR 2497 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 23, 2022

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