Technology area: Computing & Software
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Point Curve Inc. manages 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. This matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This data indicates that the company's current active patent prosecution is focused on a single software-related application, reflecting a targeted approach to its intellectual property in this sector and requiring a specific legal strategy for this individual case.
The busiest examiner for the company is CORTES, HOWARD, who is responsible for the 1 pending office action. This examiner's assignment covers all of the company's active office actions. With only 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution is streamlined through a single administrative channel, which simplifies the procedural interactions between the company and the patent office for its current computing filings. This concentration allows the company to focus its resources on the specific technical standards and examination preferences of this individual examiner and their respective administrative unit.
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 | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORTES, HOWARD | 1 | 78.5% | +14.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18911158 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC RESOURCE REPLACEMENT | CORTES, HOWARD | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18911158 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC RESOURCE REPLACEMENT | CORTES, HOWARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2118 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18911158 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC RESOURCE REPLACEMENT | CORTES, HOWARD | 2118 | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPoint Curve Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Howard Cortes has the most, with 1 of Point Curve Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
