Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Tomer Tal has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SISAY YACOB, and 1 distinct art unit. YACOB is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The current prosecution profile for this portfolio is limited to this unique pending matter, reflecting a highly specific and focused patent interest.
The involvement of only 1 distinct examiner and art unit means that the prosecution process is entirely centralized. YACOB's individual examination style and the specific practices of the assigned art unit are the only external factors currently influencing the portfolio's progress. This simplicity allows for a dedicated focus on the specific technical and legal issues raised in this unique pending action. Practitioners should prioritize a detailed analysis of YACOB's history within the communications sector to ensure the most effective response for this unique active case, as there are no other pending matters to manage.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YACOB, SISAY | 1 | 76.9% | +17.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18980679 | CONTACT SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | YACOB, SISAY | 43d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2686 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18980679 | CONTACT SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | YACOB, SISAY | 2686 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
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