Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vetology Innovations LLC currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating a narrow focus in its current prosecution stage. WEST, LEWIS G is identified as the busiest examiner for this company, currently handling 1 pending office action.
The 2 pending office actions are assigned to the 2 distinct examiners, which suggests that no examiner or art unit dominates the current workload. The presence of 2 distinct art units within the Communications field may require different strategic approaches depending on the specific technical nuances of each unit. For the practitioner, the fact that there are 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions means that prosecution strategies must be tailored individually rather than applied broadly across the portfolio.
The workload for WEST, LEWIS G accounts for 1 pending office action, making the examiner's specific style a significant factor for the company. Practitioners should prioritize analyzing the historical allowance rates and common rejection types associated with this specific examiner and his assigned art unit. This targeted approach is essential when the active portfolio is small enough that individual office actions significantly impact the overall success rate.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT | 1 | 51.3% | +35.1% |
| WEST, LEWIS G | 1 | 83.4% | +7.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18131547 | Methods and systems for creating training libraries and training AI processors | BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT | 11d overdue |
| 18131538 | Machine learning for artificial intelligence processors with transformed digital data | WEST, LEWIS G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18131547 | Methods and systems for creating training libraries and training AI processors | BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT | 11d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2124 | 1 |
| 2699 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18131547 | Methods and systems for creating training libraries and training AI processors | BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT | 2124 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Apr 06, 2023 |
| 18131538 | Machine learning for artificial intelligence processors with transformed digital data | WEST, LEWIS G | 2699 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 06, 2023 |
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