Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Thinkspan, LLC is currently navigating 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This case is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, LAFONTANT, GARY, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending matter. The prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit, which points to a narrow and specific technical focus for the company's current intellectual property pipeline.
The involvement of only 1 distinct examiner means that the company's immediate success in the Communications sector depends on a single set of examiner preferences and interpretations. Practitioners should prioritize a deep analysis of the past decisions made by LAFONTANT, GARY, as there are no other pending matters to provide a broader context. With 1 pending office action, the portfolio requires minimal coordination across different legal teams.
Furthermore, the concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company is not currently pursuing a broad array of diverse technologies that would trigger multiple examination environments. This singular focus allows for a very targeted prosecution strategy. The 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the company's current active challenges at the patent office, making its resolution a high priority for the portfolio's immediate growth.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRUONG, THONG P | 1 | 82.1% | +15.5% |
| LAFONTANT, GARY | 1 | 73.7% | +1.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19193988 | Zero Knowledge Personal Assistant | TRUONG, THONG P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19193988 | Zero Knowledge Personal Assistant | TRUONG, THONG P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2433 | 1 |
| 2646 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19193988 | Zero Knowledge Personal Assistant | TRUONG, THONG P | 2433 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 18930161 | MOBILE DEVICE CONTACT CUSTOMIZATION AND MANAGEMENT | LAFONTANT, GARY | 2646 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialThinkspan, LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Thong P Truong has the most, with 1 of Thinkspan, LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
