Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

X Development LLC

Technology area: Computing & Software

35 pending office actions • 24 art units • 31 examiners • 16 of 35 (46%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

X Development LLC has 33 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters involve 30 examiners across 23 art units, showing broad distribution with limited repetition at the examiner level.

STANDKE, ADAM C is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. Counsel can coordinate that cluster, but most of the docket requires separate examiner and art-unit analysis. Centralized tracking should support deadline control and identification of recurring technical issues.

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

Portfolio Summary

35
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

23
Hard (66%)
11
Medium (31%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (9%)
§101 + other17 (49%)
§103 only9 (26%)
§102 only2 (6%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
14% of docket
16
Information Tech
46% of docket
6
Communications
17% of docket
3
Semiconductors
9% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
14% 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.

350 h
Manual time on pending OAs
70 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
122 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STANDKE, ADAM C 3 53.4% +25.7%
MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH 2 79.4% +28.8%
CLOW, LORI A 2 64.2% +28.5%
DHARITHREESAN, NIDHI 1 40.0% +33.1%
MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L 1 26.4% +21.7%
ZEMAN, MARY K 1 58.9% +34.2%
BILODEAU, DUSTIN E 1 88.7% +8.5%
AYOTUNDE, AYODEJI O 1 83.4% +6.9%
MAY, ROBERT F 1 73.5% +31.9%
PHAM, NHUT HUY 1 82.3% +23.1%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19037533 GEOLOCALIZING OBLIQUE AERIAL IMAGERY BILODEAU, DUSTIN E —
18985943 ASSET-LEVEL VULNERABILITY AND MITIGATION AYOTUNDE, AYODEJI O —

Hard Cases (23)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17551514 DERIVING FOUNDRY FABRICATION MODELS FROM PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS OF FABRICATED DEVICES DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL 31d overdue
19341734 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PATHWAY OPTIMIZATION FOR PROCESS BOTTLENECKS IN SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY DEVELOPMENT MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L 8d overdue
19340724 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS FOR SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ZEMAN, MARY K 4d overdue
18776107 GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE RINES, ROBERT D 42d
18785645 SEGMENTING TEXT USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH 46d
18776120 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION HOLZMACHER, DERICK J 55d
19436695 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS STANDKE, ADAM C —
19435464 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DATA NORMALIZATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING DHARITHREESAN, NIDHI —

Interview Candidates (12)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19341734 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PATHWAY OPTIMIZATION FOR PROCESS BOTTLENECKS IN SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY DEVELOPMENT MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L 8d overdue
19340724 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS FOR SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ZEMAN, MARY K 4d overdue
18785645 SEGMENTING TEXT USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH 46d
19436695 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS STANDKE, ADAM C —
19435464 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DATA NORMALIZATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING DHARITHREESAN, NIDHI —
19431513 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS STANDKE, ADAM C —
19429949 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS WITH SPECIALIZED DATA STANDKE, ADAM C —
18971727 MULTI-MODAL UTILITY ASSET SEARCHING MAY, ROBERT F —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2129 3
2189 3
2188 3
1686 2
2657 2
3625 2
2187 2
1687 2
1685 1
2664 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19436695 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS STANDKE, ADAM C 2129 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2025
19435464 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DATA NORMALIZATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING DHARITHREESAN, NIDHI 1686 §101§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 29, 2025
19431513 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS STANDKE, ADAM C 2129 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 23, 2025
19429949 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS WITH SPECIALIZED DATA STANDKE, ADAM C 2129 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 22, 2025
19341734 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PATHWAY OPTIMIZATION FOR PROCESS BOTTLENECKS IN SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY DEVELOPMENT MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L 1685 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue AI Ready Sep 26, 2025
19340724 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS FOR SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ZEMAN, MARY K 1686 §101§102§112DP Final Rejection 4d overdue AI Ready Sep 25, 2025
19037533 GEOLOCALIZING OBLIQUE AERIAL IMAGERY BILODEAU, DUSTIN E 2664 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
18985943 ASSET-LEVEL VULNERABILITY AND MITIGATION AYOTUNDE, AYODEJI O 2649 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18971727 MULTI-MODAL UTILITY ASSET SEARCHING MAY, ROBERT F 2154 §101§103Other Final Rejection — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18935234 JOINT ASSET AND DEFECT DETECTION MACHINE LEARNING MODEL PHAM, NHUT HUY 2674 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18924221 INFRARED AND VISIBLE IMAGING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING EQUIPMENT SELBY, GEVELL V 2638 §102 Final Rejection 38d overdue AI Ready Oct 23, 2024
18887957 PLANNING FOR AGENT CONTROL USING RESTART-AUGMENTED LOOK-AHEAD SEARCH SITTNER, MATTHEW T 3629 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18785645 SEGMENTING TEXT USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH 2657 §101§103Other Non-Final OA 46d AI Ready Jul 26, 2024
18776120 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION HOLZMACHER, DERICK J 3625 §101§103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Jul 17, 2024
18776107 GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE RINES, ROBERT D 3625 §101 Final Rejection 42d AI Ready Jul 17, 2024
18764616 SEGMENTING TEXT USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH 2657 §101§103Other Non-Final OA — AI Ready Jul 05, 2024
18654765 ACTIVE SEISMIC SOURCE GENERATION FOR DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING, GEO-TAGGING, AND SUBSURFACE IMAGING SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 2857 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2024
18396278 TRANSFORMER CONNECTION MAPPING IN AN OPERATING ELECTRIC POWER GRID MARINI, MATTHEW G 2853 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 26, 2023
18528036 DISTRIBUTED SENSING USING FLUID NETWORK BREIER, KRYSTINE E 3645 §103 Non-Final OA — AI Ready Dec 04, 2023
18479731 OPTIMIZATION OF HEATERS FOR TUNING PHOTONIC DEVICES PARIHAR, SUCHIN 2851 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2023
18358695 REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES THROUGH EVALUATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF WILDFIRE MITIGATION ACTIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING COLE, BRANDON S 2128 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2023
18142472 VARYING EMBEDDING(S) AND/OR ACTION MODEL(S) UTILIZED IN AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF ACTION SET RESPONSIVE TO NATURAL LANGUAGE REQUEST COOK, BRIAN S 2187 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2023
18135043 ABSTRACTING COMPUTER-BASED INTERACTION(S) FOR AUTOMATION OF TASK(S) BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT 2124 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — AI Ready Apr 14, 2023
18129416 SYNTHESIS AND AUGMENTATION OF TRAINING DATA FOR SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION PHAKOUSONH, DARAVANH 2121 §101 Final Rejection — AI Ready Mar 31, 2023
18188293 PARALLELIZED, SCALABLE SIMULATION DISPATCH MAPAR, BIJAN 2189 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 22, 2023
18103091 STATE TRANSITION MATRIX-BASED POWER SYSTEM SIMULATION HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW 2188 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 30, 2023
18099154 MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR ELECTRICAL POWER SIMULATIONS SAXENA, AKASH 2188 §101§102§103 Final Rejection — AI Ready Jan 19, 2023
18066948 INVERSE DESIGN OF PHOTONIC DEVICES PARAMETERIZED USING GEOMETRIC PRIMITIVES SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM 2187 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 15, 2022
18075723 TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO PREDICT FIRE BEHAVIOR KOWALIK, SKIELER ALEXANDER 2142 §103 Non-Final OA — AI Ready Dec 06, 2022
18048718 MODIFIED FBA IN A PRODUCTION NETWORK CLOW, LORI A 1687 §101§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2022
17899163 SIMULATING ELECTRICAL GRID TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION USING MULTIPLE SIMULATORS MONTES, NARCISO EDUARDO 2189 §103 Non-Final OA — AI Ready Aug 30, 2022
17891846 USING FABRICATION MODELS BASED ON LEARNED MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS FOR DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF PHYSICAL DEVICES MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN 2189 §102§103 Final Rejection — AI Ready Aug 19, 2022
17683280 SENSING SYSTEM FOR EXOSUITS HUSSAIN, MISHAL ZAHRA 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 171d overdue AI Ready Feb 28, 2022
17574915 DISEASE REPRESENTATION AND CLASSIFICATION WITH MACHINE LEARNING CLOW, LORI A 1687 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — AI Ready Jan 13, 2022
17551514 DERIVING FOUNDRY FABRICATION MODELS FROM PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS OF FABRICATED DEVICES DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL 2188 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 31d overdue AI Ready Dec 15, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does X Development LLC have?

X Development LLC has 35 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 24 art units and 31 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most X Development LLC applications?

Adam C Standke has the most, with 3 of X Development LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are X Development LLC's patent applications in?

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

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