Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
TouchTunes Music Company, LLC currently manages 1 pending office action within the Computing & Software technology area. This matter is assigned to a distinct examiner working within a distinct art unit. The concentrated nature of this portfolio suggests a highly specific prosecution focus at this stage.
SAJEDA MUHEBBULLAH is the busiest examiner for the company, responsible for the 1 pending office action. Because this individual is the only examiner currently handling active matters, the company's immediate prosecution outcomes depend entirely on the interactions within this single relationship.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 2 (33%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (33%) |
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUNNINGHAM, XANTHIA C | 1 | 84.3% | +8.7% |
| ALVAREZ, RAQUEL | 1 | 49.6% | +7.2% |
| TRAN, TUYETLIEN T | 1 | 68.2% | +33.2% |
| NGUYEN, TUAN S | 1 | 64.8% | +38.8% |
| POUNCIL, DARNELL A | 1 | 21.4% | +30.7% |
| HEWITT II, CALVIN L | 1 | 1.4% | +6.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18437308 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING PIN-INCLUSIVE TRANSACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | HEWITT II, CALVIN L | 188d overdue |
| 18628209 | DIGITAL DOWNLOADING JUKEBOX WITH REVENUE-ENHANCING FEATURES | POUNCIL, DARNELL A | 81d overdue |
| 19176985 | DIGITAL JUKEBOX DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | CUNNINGHAM, XANTHIA C | — |
| 19068046 | DIGITAL SIGNAGE AND GAMING SERVICES TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL AND STATE ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGE LAWS AND REGULATIONS | ALVAREZ, RAQUEL | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18628209 | DIGITAL DOWNLOADING JUKEBOX WITH REVENUE-ENHANCING FEATURES | POUNCIL, DARNELL A | 81d overdue |
| 18917520 | DIGITAL JUKEBOX DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | TRAN, TUYETLIEN T | — |
| 18775450 | DIGITAL JUKEBOX DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | NGUYEN, TUAN S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3622 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19176985 | DIGITAL JUKEBOX DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | CUNNINGHAM, XANTHIA C | — | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19068046 | DIGITAL SIGNAGE AND GAMING SERVICES TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL AND STATE ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGE LAWS AND REGULATIONS | ALVAREZ, RAQUEL | — | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 18917520 | DIGITAL JUKEBOX DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | TRAN, TUYETLIEN T | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18775450 | DIGITAL JUKEBOX DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | NGUYEN, TUAN S | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18628209 | DIGITAL DOWNLOADING JUKEBOX WITH REVENUE-ENHANCING FEATURES | POUNCIL, DARNELL A | 3622 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 81d overdue | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18437308 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING PIN-INCLUSIVE TRANSACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | HEWITT II, CALVIN L | 4100 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 188d overdue | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
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