Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Verance Corporation

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Communications

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Verance Corporation has 4 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units, indicating separate technical assignments with one examiner handling more than one matter.

WONG, HUEN is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel can monitor that examiner relationship while managing the other assignments independently and maintaining consistency across related claim positions.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
75% of docket
1
Communications
25% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WONG, HUEN 2 60.3% +46.2%
TELAN, MICHAEL R 1 42.7% +27.4%
COUSO, JOSE L 1 90.2% +8.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18849454 PSYCHO-VISUAL-MODEL BASED VIDEO WATERMARK LUMA LEVEL ADAPTATION COUSO, JOSE L —

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18936383 CONTENT IDENTIFICATION AND PROCESSING INCLUDING LIVE BROADCAST CONTENT WONG, HUEN 3d overdue
18437220 CONTENT IDENTIFICATION AND PROCESSING INCLUDING LIVE BROADCAST CONTENT WONG, HUEN 34d
19294189 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNALING SECURITY AND DATABASE POPULATION TELAN, MICHAEL R —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18936383 CONTENT IDENTIFICATION AND PROCESSING INCLUDING LIVE BROADCAST CONTENT WONG, HUEN 3d overdue
18437220 CONTENT IDENTIFICATION AND PROCESSING INCLUDING LIVE BROADCAST CONTENT WONG, HUEN 34d
19294189 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNALING SECURITY AND DATABASE POPULATION TELAN, MICHAEL R —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2168 2
2426 1
2667 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19294189 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNALING SECURITY AND DATABASE POPULATION TELAN, MICHAEL R 2426 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2025
18849454 PSYCHO-VISUAL-MODEL BASED VIDEO WATERMARK LUMA LEVEL ADAPTATION COUSO, JOSE L 2667 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
18936383 CONTENT IDENTIFICATION AND PROCESSING INCLUDING LIVE BROADCAST CONTENT WONG, HUEN 2168 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2024
18437220 CONTENT IDENTIFICATION AND PROCESSING INCLUDING LIVE BROADCAST CONTENT WONG, HUEN 2168 §103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Feb 08, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Verance Corporation have?

Verance Corporation has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Verance Corporation applications?

Huen Wong has the most, with 2 of Verance Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Verance Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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