Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days
Varjo Technologies Oy is currently managing 4 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, reflecting the range of technical oversight. CHANG, AUDREY Y is the busiest examiner for the company, responsible for 1 pending action.
The distribution of 4 pending office actions among the distinct examiners suggests that the company must navigate multiple examination styles simultaneously. Because the prosecution involves 4 distinct art units, the Communications innovations likely span several specialized sub-sectors. This variety requires a broad legal strategy to address the different technical standards and examiner expectations present in each unit.
For a patent practitioner, this decentralized structure means that the outcome of a case may not necessarily predict the outcome of others. The company's presence in the distinct art units indicates a wide-reaching intellectual property strategy within the Communications field. Managing the examiners requires careful coordination to maintain consistency across the portfolio while responding to individual examiner feedback.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 4 (80%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALDERON, CYNTHIA | 1 | 77.2% | +18.0% |
| CHANG, AUDREY Y | 1 | 46.5% | +20.4% |
| MOTSINGER, SEAN T | 1 | 78.5% | +11.9% |
| AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B | 1 | 76.4% | +12.9% |
| GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA | 1 | 77.1% | +23.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18953449 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF REDUCING REFLECTIONS IN CAMERA, AND CAMERA | CHANG, AUDREY Y | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18596786 | OBJECT TRACKING FOR EXTENDED REALITY (XR) APPLICATIONS | MOTSINGER, SEAN T | 43d overdue |
| 17991576 | DETERMINING POINT SPREAD FUNCTION FROM CONSECUTIVE IMAGES | GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA | 8d overdue |
| 18513590 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOVEATING VIDEO STREAM | AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B | 28d |
| 19073400 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-EXPOSURE HDR IMAGING INCORPORATING HALLUCINATION TECHNIQUE | CALDERON, CYNTHIA | — |
| 18953449 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF REDUCING REFLECTIONS IN CAMERA, AND CAMERA | CHANG, AUDREY Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2639 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 2673 | 1 |
| 2488 | 1 |
| 2677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19073400 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-EXPOSURE HDR IMAGING INCORPORATING HALLUCINATION TECHNIQUE | CALDERON, CYNTHIA | 2639 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 18953449 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF REDUCING REFLECTIONS IN CAMERA, AND CAMERA | CHANG, AUDREY Y | 2872 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18596786 | OBJECT TRACKING FOR EXTENDED REALITY (XR) APPLICATIONS | MOTSINGER, SEAN T | 2673 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18513590 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOVEATING VIDEO STREAM | AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B | 2488 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Nov 19, 2023 |
| 17991576 | DETERMINING POINT SPREAD FUNCTION FROM CONSECUTIVE IMAGES | GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA | 2677 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2022 |
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