Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vodafone Group Services Limited maintains a company patent portfolio in the Computing & Software technology area. There are 6 pending office actions currently active. These actions are assigned to 6 distinct examiners, meaning no examiner is currently handling more than 1 pending matter.
The prosecution is spread across 5 distinct art units, which is a high degree of dispersion for 6 pending office actions. This indicates that the Computing & Software filings touch upon many different technical sub-categories. The busiest examiner, NOWLIN, ERIC, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action.
Managing 6 pending office actions across 5 distinct art units requires a broad strategy. Because there are 6 distinct examiners, the portfolio's success depends on navigating 6 different individual perspectives. The lack of concentration in any 1 distinct art unit or under any 1 distinct examiner suggests a diverse range of technical subject matter. Practitioners must be prepared for the unique requirements of 5 distinct art units while addressing the feedback from 6 distinct examiners.
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 | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOWLIN, ERIC | 1 | 88.3% | +5.8% |
| DEROSE, VOLVICK | 1 | 90.0% | +11.1% |
| MITCHELL, NATHAN A | 1 | 73.0% | +10.0% |
| BADAWI, ANGIE M | 1 | 59.2% | +37.6% |
| PATEL, PARTHKUMAR | 1 | 78.2% | +23.2% |
| TACDIRAN, ANDRE GEE | 1 | 80.5% | +20.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18362819 | Optimised Data Transmission | TACDIRAN, ANDRE GEE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18685709 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ABOVE GROUND COVERAGE OF A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | MITCHELL, NATHAN A | 18d overdue |
| 18866308 | Broadband Connectivity | NOWLIN, ERIC | — |
| 18648031 | Device Energy Monitoring and Management | DEROSE, VOLVICK | — |
| 18553553 | REMOTE COMPUTING RESOURCE EXECUTION | BADAWI, ANGIE M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18685709 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ABOVE GROUND COVERAGE OF A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | MITCHELL, NATHAN A | 18d overdue |
| 18477252 | Improved Base Station Efficiency | PATEL, PARTHKUMAR | 17d overdue |
| 18648031 | Device Energy Monitoring and Management | DEROSE, VOLVICK | — |
| 18553553 | REMOTE COMPUTING RESOURCE EXECUTION | BADAWI, ANGIE M | — |
| 18362819 | Optimised Data Transmission | TACDIRAN, ANDRE GEE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2176 | 1 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| 2179 | 1 |
| 2479 | 1 |
| 2415 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18866308 | Broadband Connectivity | NOWLIN, ERIC | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18648031 | Device Energy Monitoring and Management | DEROSE, VOLVICK | 2176 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18685709 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ABOVE GROUND COVERAGE OF A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | MITCHELL, NATHAN A | 3627 | §101 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18553553 | REMOTE COMPUTING RESOURCE EXECUTION | BADAWI, ANGIE M | 2179 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2023 |
| 18477252 | Improved Base Station Efficiency | PATEL, PARTHKUMAR | 2479 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18362819 | Optimised Data Transmission | TACDIRAN, ANDRE GEE | 2415 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
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