Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Tmrw Group Ip

9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
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.

2
Hard (22%)
5
Medium (56%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (56%)
Double-patenting only2 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
33% of docket
3
Communications
33% of docket
1
Semiconductors
11% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SINGH, RUPANGINI 1 35.5% +52.6%
REED, STEPHEN T 1 72.6% +15.8%
SHERALI, ISHRAT I 1 93.3% +6.0%
FIORILLO, JAMES N 1 86.0% +35.8%
MUHAMMAD, KEY 1 66.0% +20.5%
ZENATI, AMAL S 1 79.6% +14.8%
LHYMN, SARAH 1 65.8% +14.8%
ZHAO, DAQUAN 1 77.2% +14.5%
LEE, MICHAEL M 1 83.9% +41.0%

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
18963332 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING COLOR AND DEPTH INFORMATION SHERALI, ISHRAT I
18821033 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USER INTERACTIONS IN VIRTUAL MEETING TO ENABLE SELECTIVE PAUSING FIORILLO, JAMES N

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18182260 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION LEE, MICHAEL M 16d overdue
18396354 OPTICAL DEVICE MUHAMMAD, KEY

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18141866 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING ENHANCED USER-TO-USER COMMUNICATION IN DIGITAL REALITIES LHYMN, SARAH 25d overdue
18182260 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION LEE, MICHAEL M 16d overdue
19257269 SERVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM SINGH, RUPANGINI
19080389 MULTIFUNCTIONAL INTERACTIVE ILLUMINATION APPARATUS REED, STEPHEN T
18821033 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USER INTERACTIONS IN VIRTUAL MEETING TO ENABLE SELECTIVE PAUSING FIORILLO, JAMES N
18396354 OPTICAL DEVICE MUHAMMAD, KEY
18142302 MULTI-MODAL DATA-STREAM-BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTERVENTIONS IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD ZENATI, AMAL S
18139280 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATIVE CONTENT CREATION IN COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT ZHAO, DAQUAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2627 1
2444 1
2872 1
2693 1
2613 1
2484 1
2436 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19257269 SERVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM SINGH, RUPANGINI DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2025
19080389 MULTIFUNCTIONAL INTERACTIVE ILLUMINATION APPARATUS REED, STEPHEN T 2627 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 14, 2025
18963332 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING COLOR AND DEPTH INFORMATION SHERALI, ISHRAT I DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18821033 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USER INTERACTIONS IN VIRTUAL MEETING TO ENABLE SELECTIVE PAUSING FIORILLO, JAMES N 2444 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 30, 2024
18396354 OPTICAL DEVICE MUHAMMAD, KEY 2872 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 26, 2023
18142302 MULTI-MODAL DATA-STREAM-BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTERVENTIONS IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD ZENATI, AMAL S 2693 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 02, 2023
18141866 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING ENHANCED USER-TO-USER COMMUNICATION IN DIGITAL REALITIES LHYMN, SARAH 2613 §103Other Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending May 01, 2023
18139280 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATIVE CONTENT CREATION IN COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT ZHAO, DAQUAN 2484 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2023
18182260 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION LEE, MICHAEL M 2436 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023

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