Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tobii Dynavox AB has 2 pending office actions in its company patent portfolio. These actions are in the Communications technology area. There are 2 distinct examiners for these 2 pending office actions, so each action is handled by a different person. These examiners are situated in 2 distinct art units, showing a technical division for the company's communications-related filings.
OKEBATO, SAHLU is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending action. With 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the workload is distributed evenly. This means that each of the 2 distinct art units contains one of the portfolio's active matters. The 2 distinct art units for 2 pending office actions suggest that the company's communications innovations are technically distinct.
Practitioners will work with 2 distinct examiners, including OKEBATO, SAHLU, who each oversee 1 pending action. This arrangement ensures that each of the 2 pending office actions is reviewed within a different specialized group. The 2 distinct examiners provide independent oversight for the company's current activities in the Communications sector, with OKEBATO, SAHLU handling 1 pending action.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OKEBATO, SAHLU | 1 | 76.3% | +18.4% |
| SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM | 1 | 73.5% | +13.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18929813 | Combined Gaze-Based and Scanning-Based Control of an Apparatus | OKEBATO, SAHLU | 110d overdue |
| 18707234 | Methods of Input and Interaction With an Augmentative and Alternative Communications (AAC) Device | SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM | 3d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2625 | 1 |
| 2172 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18929813 | Combined Gaze-Based and Scanning-Based Control of an Apparatus | OKEBATO, SAHLU | 2625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 110d overdue | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18707234 | Methods of Input and Interaction With an Augmentative and Alternative Communications (AAC) Device | SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM | 2172 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialTobii Dynavox AB has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Sahlu Okebato has the most, with 1 of Tobii Dynavox AB's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
