Technology area: Communications
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Stc Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated technical focus for the company's current communication-related filings. The use of 1 distinct art unit for 2 pending office actions indicates that both matters fall within the same technical group at the patent office.
The prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners, matching the total number of 2 pending office actions. TRAN, THANG DUC is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action currently under review. This means that each of the 2 pending office actions is being handled by a different examiner within the same art unit. Because there are 2 distinct examiners, the company must manage 2 separate examiner relationships.
Practitioners must navigate the specific requirements of 1 distinct art unit while addressing 2 separate examiner relationships. The busiest examiner, TRAN, THANG DUC, handles 1 of the 2 pending office actions, reflecting a distributed workload despite the technical concentration. This requires a strategy that accounts for the individual preferences of 2 distinct examiners within the Communications area. The data shows that no single examiner manages both active matters.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, THANG DUC | 1 | 76.3% | +23.1% |
| EUSTAQUIO, CAL J | 1 | 63.8% | +35.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19309873 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PACING A MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE | TRAN, THANG DUC | — |
| 19201466 | SIGNAL LIGHT PRIORITY SYSTEM UTILIZING VIDEO PROCESSING | EUSTAQUIO, CAL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2686 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19309873 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PACING A MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE | TRAN, THANG DUC | 2686 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19201466 | SIGNAL LIGHT PRIORITY SYSTEM UTILIZING VIDEO PROCESSING | EUSTAQUIO, CAL J | 2686 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialStc Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Thang Duc Tran has the most, with 1 of Stc Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
