Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Strong Force Iot Portfolio 2016 LLC

13 pending office actions • 4 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

9
Hard (69%)
2
Medium (15%)
1
Easy (8%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (31%)
§101 + other4 (31%)
§103 only1 (8%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (8%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
15% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
9
Semiconductors
69% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
15% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A 3 81.2% +11.7%
STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R 2 37.1% +29.3%
KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 2 72.4% +46.9%
BARBEE, MANUEL L 1 81.7% +14.3%
NORTON, JENNIFER L 1 49.8% +1.8%
GUZMAN, JAVIER O 1 81.9% +19.9%
BHAT, ADITYA S 1 81.1% +10.0%
HAGOS, EYOB 1 66.5% +43.0%
GO, RICKY 1 80.1% +8.8%

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
17537717 INTELLIGENT VIBRATION DIGITAL TWIN SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS BHAT, ADITYA S
16685048 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF MACHINE SIGNALS FOR ANALYTICS AND MAINTENANCE USING THE INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS AND A MOBILE DATA COLLECTOR GO, RICKY

Hard Cases (9)

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
18073925 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SENSOR FUSION IN A PRODUCTION LINE ENVIRONMENT KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 81d overdue
18081352 INDUSTRIAL DIGITAL TWIN SYSTEMS USING STATE VALUE TO ADJUST INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION PROCESSES AND DETERMINE RELEVANCE WITH ROLE TAXONOMY STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R 49d overdue
18081088 DATA COLLECTION IN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT WITH ROLE-BASED REPORTING TO RECONFIGURE ROUTE BY WHICH SYSTEM SENDS THE SENSOR DATA KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 32d overdue
18081218 DATA COLLECTION IN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT USING MACHINE LEARNING TO FORECAST FUTURE STATES OF INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT BASED ON NOISE VALUES RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A 13d
17940526 QUANTUM, BIOLOGICAL, COMPUTER VISION, AND NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEMS FOR INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS NORTON, JENNIFER L 28d
17493440 INDUSTRIAL DIGITAL TWIN SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH ECHELONS OF EXECUTIVE, ADVISORY AND OPERATIONS MESSAGING AND VISUALIZATION STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R 54d
16684651 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA COLLECTION, LEARNING, AND STREAMING OF MACHINE SIGNALS FOR ANALYTICS AND MAINTENANCE USING THE INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A 70d
19236682 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA COLLECTION IN AN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT BARBEE, MANUEL L

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18073925 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SENSOR FUSION IN A PRODUCTION LINE ENVIRONMENT KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 81d overdue
18081352 INDUSTRIAL DIGITAL TWIN SYSTEMS USING STATE VALUE TO ADJUST INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION PROCESSES AND DETERMINE RELEVANCE WITH ROLE TAXONOMY STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R 49d overdue
18081088 DATA COLLECTION IN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT WITH ROLE-BASED REPORTING TO RECONFIGURE ROUTE BY WHICH SYSTEM SENDS THE SENSOR DATA KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 32d overdue
18081218 DATA COLLECTION IN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT USING MACHINE LEARNING TO FORECAST FUTURE STATES OF INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT BASED ON NOISE VALUES RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A 13d
17493440 INDUSTRIAL DIGITAL TWIN SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH ECHELONS OF EXECUTIVE, ADVISORY AND OPERATIONS MESSAGING AND VISUALIZATION STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R 54d
16684651 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA COLLECTION, LEARNING, AND STREAMING OF MACHINE SIGNALS FOR ANALYTICS AND MAINTENANCE USING THE INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A 70d
19236682 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA COLLECTION IN AN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT BARBEE, MANUEL L
18081267 USER INTERFACE FOR INDUSTRIAL DIGITAL TWIN SYSTEM ANALYZING DATA TO DETERMINE STRUCTURES WITH VISUALIZATION OF THOSE STRUCTURES WITH REDUCED DIMENSIONALITY RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2857 9
3623 2
2117 1
2446 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19236682 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA COLLECTION IN AN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT BARBEE, MANUEL L 2857 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2025
18081352 INDUSTRIAL DIGITAL TWIN SYSTEMS USING STATE VALUE TO ADJUST INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION PROCESSES AND DETERMINE RELEVANCE WITH ROLE TAXONOMY STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R 3623 §101§112 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2022
18081218 DATA COLLECTION IN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT USING MACHINE LEARNING TO FORECAST FUTURE STATES OF INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT BASED ON NOISE VALUES RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A 2857 §101§112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 14, 2022
18081088 DATA COLLECTION IN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT WITH ROLE-BASED REPORTING TO RECONFIGURE ROUTE BY WHICH SYSTEM SENDS THE SENSOR DATA KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 2857 §103§112 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2022
18081267 USER INTERFACE FOR INDUSTRIAL DIGITAL TWIN SYSTEM ANALYZING DATA TO DETERMINE STRUCTURES WITH VISUALIZATION OF THOSE STRUCTURES WITH REDUCED DIMENSIONALITY RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A 2857 §101Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2022
18073925 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SENSOR FUSION IN A PRODUCTION LINE ENVIRONMENT KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 2857 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2022
17940526 QUANTUM, BIOLOGICAL, COMPUTER VISION, AND NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEMS FOR INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS NORTON, JENNIFER L 2117 §101§103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Sep 08, 2022
17685515 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS WITH SENSOR KITS GUZMAN, JAVIER O 2446 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 03, 2022
17537717 INTELLIGENT VIBRATION DIGITAL TWIN SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS BHAT, ADITYA S 2857 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2021
17493440 INDUSTRIAL DIGITAL TWIN SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH ECHELONS OF EXECUTIVE, ADVISORY AND OPERATIONS MESSAGING AND VISUALIZATION STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R 3623 §101 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Oct 04, 2021
16741470 METHODS, SYSTEMS, KITS AND APPARATUSES FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS IN AN INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS DATA COLLECTION ENVIRONMENT HAGOS, EYOB 2857 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2020
16684651 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA COLLECTION, LEARNING, AND STREAMING OF MACHINE SIGNALS FOR ANALYTICS AND MAINTENANCE USING THE INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Nov 15, 2019
16685048 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF MACHINE SIGNALS FOR ANALYTICS AND MAINTENANCE USING THE INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS AND A MOBILE DATA COLLECTOR GO, RICKY 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2019

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