Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Plume Design Inc.

19 pending office actions • 17 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
1
Due this week
8
Due this month
2
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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

1
Hard (5%)
17
Medium (89%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§103 only17 (89%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
8
Information Tech
42% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
5
Semiconductors
26% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
26% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRAN, HAI V 1 78.7% +18.9%
TRAN, ALEX HOANG 1 62.6% +27.8%
LYNCH, SHARON S 1 75.9% +50.6%
HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES 1 50.8% +37.4%
SHAH, TANMAY K 1 89.0% +9.4%
HUSSAIN, TAUQIR 1 84.4% +26.0%
ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 1 46.4% +51.7%
BOND, REED MADISON 1 5.0% +25.0%
ZARKA, DAVID PETER 1 82.4% +12.9%
DUNN, DARRIN D 1 75.4% +23.7%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18613527 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING AFC VIA GEOLOCATED ACCESS POINT DEVICES SHAH, TANMAY K 5d
18354752 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION VIA A DEVICE ZARKA, DAVID PETER 15d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
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

Interview Candidates (9)

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 8 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
18363203 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION-BASED DEVICE CONTROL BASED ON PREDICTED APPLICATION USAGE BOND, REED MADISON 8d overdue
18823771 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARED DEVICE USAGE ATTRIBUTION AND CONTROL THEREFROM TRAN, ALEX HOANG 14d
18453532 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE DEVICE MANAGEMENT ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 14d
18349253 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION CONTROL BASED ON AIR QUALITY METRICS DUNN, DARRIN D 14d
18354752 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION VIA A DEVICE ZARKA, DAVID PETER 15d
18632576 WI-FI NETWORK-BASED INTERACTIVE GAMING SYSTEM AND METHODS HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES 39d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2845 2
2859 2
2453 1
2438 1
3715 1
2632 1
2446 1
3693 1
3624 1
2449 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18913295 SINGLE FEEDER MULTI-FREQUENCY ANTENNA TRAN, HAI V 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2024
18823771 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARED DEVICE USAGE ATTRIBUTION AND CONTROL THEREFROM TRAN, ALEX HOANG 2453 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 04, 2024
18648676 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING AND LEVERAGING SECURE ACCESS TO DATA ACROSS WI-FI NETWORKS LYNCH, SHARON S 2438 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
18632576 WI-FI NETWORK-BASED INTERACTIVE GAMING SYSTEM AND METHODS HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Apr 11, 2024
18613527 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING AFC VIA GEOLOCATED ACCESS POINT DEVICES SHAH, TANMAY K 2632 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Mar 22, 2024
18509509 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION PRIORITIZATION DURING RUNTIME HUSSAIN, TAUQIR 2446 Other Final Rejection 41d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18453532 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE DEVICE MANAGEMENT ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 3693 §101 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 22, 2023
18363203 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION-BASED DEVICE CONTROL BASED ON PREDICTED APPLICATION USAGE BOND, REED MADISON 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18354752 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION VIA A DEVICE ZARKA, DAVID PETER 2449 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jul 19, 2023
18349253 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION CONTROL BASED ON AIR QUALITY METRICS DUNN, DARRIN D 2117 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jul 10, 2023
18343224 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ADAPTIVE MULTI-LINK OPERATION MESH NETWORK PHAM, TITO Q 2466 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18336601 EXHAUST AIRFLOW DIRECTION CONTROL BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2023
18335222 SPRING MEMBER FOR ANTENNA CONTACT SINGH, GURBIR 2845 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jun 15, 2023
18329620 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER DATA-BASED LOCATION MANAGEMENT HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2023
18316469 CONTROLLED GUEST ACCESS TO WI-FI NETWORKS SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B 2434 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending May 12, 2023
18302152 INTERFERENCE SHIELDING IN COMPACT ELECTRONIC DEVICES DANG, HUNG Q 2841 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Apr 18, 2023
18113987 Wireless Charging Diversity System For A Smart Ring DIAO, M BAYE 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18147551 Portable electronic charging case with a compact design and advanced functionality TSO, EDWARD H 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2022
17967233 Energy management in Wi-Fi networks and smart homes CHOUDHURY, FAISAL 2478 §103 Final Rejection 111d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2022

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