Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Thomson Licensing

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (25%)
3
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (25%)
§103 only3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
50% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B 1 47.6% +31.0%
CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG 1 74.7% +16.2%
PAPE, ZACHARY 1 72.5% +19.2%
BLAIR, DOUGLAS B 1 72.6% +7.5%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19101372 USER ACTIVITY MONITORING USING AVAILABLE WIRELESS SIGNAL STRENGTHS BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18681945 APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING THERMAL MANAGEMENT AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SHIELDING PAPE, ZACHARY 66d overdue
19101372 USER ACTIVITY MONITORING USING AVAILABLE WIRELESS SIGNAL STRENGTHS BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B
18874601 ANTENNA ASSEMBLY WITH DIRECTIVE ANTENNA FOR USE IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3684 1
2844 1
2835 1
2454 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19101372 USER ACTIVITY MONITORING USING AVAILABLE WIRELESS SIGNAL STRENGTHS BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B 3684 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2025
18874601 ANTENNA ASSEMBLY WITH DIRECTIVE ANTENNA FOR USE IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG 2844 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2024
18681945 APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING THERMAL MANAGEMENT AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SHIELDING PAPE, ZACHARY 2835 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2024
18376544 USING TELEMETRY METRICS FOR REMEDIATING NETWORK ISSUES BLAIR, DOUGLAS B 2454 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2023

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