Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Umberto SCARFOGLIERO currently has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. The prosecution landscape for this entity is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that the current patenting activity is focused on a specific technical domain and a single administrative path at the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is CONNOLLY, MARK A, who is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action represents the total 1 pending office action for the company. With only 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution strategy is highly dependent on the specific examination trends of that unit. Practitioners should observe that the current workload is tied to the specific scrutiny of Mark A Connolly within the Computing & Software sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONNOLLY, MARK A | 1 | 82.0% | +9.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18038958 | ROBOT-ASSISTED DEEP WATER CULTURE HYDROPONICS | CONNOLLY, MARK A | 132d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2115 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18038958 | ROBOT-ASSISTED DEEP WATER CULTURE HYDROPONICS | CONNOLLY, MARK A | 2115 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 132d overdue | Pending | May 25, 2023 |
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