Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Red Bend Ltd. manages 4 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct art units and involve 4 distinct examiners. WOOD, WILLIAM H is the busiest examiner, handling 1 pending office action.
The 4 pending office actions are reviewed by 4 distinct examiners. This distribution across 3 distinct art units indicates the technical scope of the software applications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOOD, WILLIAM H | 1 | 73.7% | -3.1% |
| NIGATU, BEZA DIRESSA | 1 | — | — |
| GENACK, MATTHEW W | 1 | 64.7% | +21.0% |
| KABIR, MOHAMMAD H | 1 | 67.7% | +14.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18657994 | SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR A VEHICLE VIA AN ELECTRICAL CHARGING STATION | WOOD, WILLIAM H | — |
| 18573929 | UPDATING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY IN A COMPUTER CONTROLLED DEVICE | KABIR, MOHAMMAD H | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18581167 | VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE MESSAGING | GENACK, MATTHEW W | 26d overdue |
| 18573929 | UPDATING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY IN A COMPUTER CONTROLLED DEVICE | KABIR, MOHAMMAD H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2192 | 2 |
| 3992 | 1 |
| 2645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18657994 | SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR A VEHICLE VIA AN ELECTRICAL CHARGING STATION | WOOD, WILLIAM H | 3992 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18609975 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CLIENT-LESS VEHICLE SOFTWARE UPDATES | NIGATU, BEZA DIRESSA | 2192 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18581167 | VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE MESSAGING | GENACK, MATTHEW W | 2645 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18573929 | UPDATING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY IN A COMPUTER CONTROLLED DEVICE | KABIR, MOHAMMAD H | 2192 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialRed Bend Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
William H Wood has the most, with 1 of Red Bend Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
