Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
45 pending office actions • 5 clients • 45 examiners • 30 art units • 11 of 45 (24%) have an AI response strategy ready • 53 patents granted in the last 365 days
2SPL Patent Attorneys is a patent law firm that operates in the Computing & Software technology area, where the firm has managed 960 career applications. This volume of work is paired with a resolved allowance rate of 88.65 percent. The firm currently manages 34 pending office actions, representing the active portion of their ongoing prosecution pipeline within this technical domain.
Practitioners may note that the firm averages 3.0 office actions per allowance. This metric indicates the level of engagement with the USPTO to reach a final resolution. For clients in the Computing & Software sector, the 88.65 percent allowance rate provides a benchmark for results when navigating software patenting. The 960 career applications demonstrate a history of filings and examiner interactions in this field.
The 34 pending office actions suggest a workflow relative to the total career applications. With an average of 3.0 office actions per allowance, the firm demonstrates a pattern of interaction with examiners. This data provides a view of the firm's historical performance and current workload in Computing & Software.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 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. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 8 (18%) |
| §103 only | 17 (38%) |
| §102 only | 2 (4%) |
| §112 only | 3 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 14 (31%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CERULLO, LILIANA P | 1 | 74.8% | +20.4% |
| MUELLER, SARAH ALEXANDRA | 1 | 60.4% | +30.1% |
| KOPPOLU, VAISALI RAO | 1 | 79.3% | +26.6% |
| MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 1 | 72.0% | +29.3% |
| HARRINGTON, CHERI L. | 1 | 69.6% | +27.0% |
| DARE, RYAN A | 1 | 76.0% | +8.1% |
| LE, LANA N | 1 | 81.6% | +13.9% |
| BAE, JI H | 1 | 82.3% | +20.9% |
| TORRES, JOSE | 1 | 82.0% | +12.2% |
| MCLEAN, NEIL R | 1 | 79.9% | +10.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18067050 | Apparatuses, Devices, Methods, Computer Systems and Computer Programs for Handling Remote Procedure Calls | KIM, DONG U | 30d |
| 19339419 | Apparatus for an Optical Imaging System, Optical Imaging System, Method and Computer Program | CERULLO, LILIANA P | — |
| 19220143 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR MINIMIZING THE EFFECTS OF GLARE OF A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE | MUELLER, SARAH ALEXANDRA | — |
| 18845897 | PROCESSING UNIT, SOFTWARE MODULE, METHODS AND PROGRAM CODES | HARRINGTON, CHERI L. | — |
| 18818652 | Transmitter and method to generate a transmit signal | LE, LANA N | — |
| 18797729 | Method, Computer Program, Apparatus and Computer System for Launching at least one Boot Loader | BAE, JI H | — |
| 18793996 | COMPUTER-BASED METHODS FOR ANALYZING A PLURALITY OF IMAGES, DIAGNOSTIC AND MEDICAL DEVICES, AND GUI | TORRES, JOSE | — |
| 18580166 | MEDICAL VIDEO ANNOTATION USING OBJECT DETECTION AND ACTIVITY ESTIMATION | HUNTER, MISHAWN N | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19339419 | Apparatus for an Optical Imaging System, Optical Imaging System, Method and Computer Program | CERULLO, LILIANA P | — |
| 19220143 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR MINIMIZING THE EFFECTS OF GLARE OF A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE | MUELLER, SARAH ALEXANDRA | — |
| 19044732 | Apparatus, Method and Computer Program | KOPPOLU, VAISALI RAO | — |
| 18987006 | Method and apparatus for radar sensing in a disaggregated radio access network | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — |
| 18845897 | PROCESSING UNIT, SOFTWARE MODULE, METHODS AND PROGRAM CODES | HARRINGTON, CHERI L. | — |
| 18818652 | Transmitter and method to generate a transmit signal | LE, LANA N | — |
| 18797729 | Method, Computer Program, Apparatus and Computer System for Launching at least one Boot Loader | BAE, JI H | — |
| 18793996 | COMPUTER-BASED METHODS FOR ANALYZING A PLURALITY OF IMAGES, DIAGNOSTIC AND MEDICAL DEVICES, AND GUI | TORRES, JOSE | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Intel | 31 |
| Leica Microsystems | 11 |
| DriveLock SE | 1 |
| Palfinger AG | 1 |
| Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2176 | 2 |
| 2484 | 2 |
| 2197 | 2 |
| 2192 | 2 |
| 2198 | 2 |
| 2621 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| 2132 | 1 |
| 2664 | 1 |
| 2681 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19339419 | Apparatus for an Optical Imaging System, Optical Imaging System, Method and Computer Program | LEICA INSTRUMENTS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. | CERULLO, LILIANA P | 2621 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2025 |
| 19220143 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR MINIMIZING THE EFFECTS OF GLARE OF A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE | Intel Corporation | MUELLER, SARAH ALEXANDRA | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 | |
| 19044732 | Apparatus, Method and Computer Program | Leica Microsystems Cms GmbH | KOPPOLU, VAISALI RAO | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 | |
| 18987006 | Method and apparatus for radar sensing in a disaggregated radio access network | Intel Corporation | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18845897 | PROCESSING UNIT, SOFTWARE MODULE, METHODS AND PROGRAM CODES | Intel Corporation | HARRINGTON, CHERI L. | 2176 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18842824 | A Concept for Providing Access to Persistent Memory | Intel Corporation | DARE, RYAN A | 2132 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | AI Ready | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18818652 | Transmitter and method to generate a transmit signal | Intel Corporation | LE, LANA N | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 | |
| 18797729 | Method, Computer Program, Apparatus and Computer System for Launching at least one Boot Loader | Drivelock SE | BAE, JI H | 2176 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18793996 | COMPUTER-BASED METHODS FOR ANALYZING A PLURALITY OF IMAGES, DIAGNOSTIC AND MEDICAL DEVICES, AND GUI | Leica Microsystems Cms GmbH | TORRES, JOSE | 2664 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18782178 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, MICROSCOPE, TRAINED MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM, AND CORRESPONDING METHODS TO PREDICT NUCLEAR LABELING | Leica Microsystems Cms GmbH | MCLEAN, NEIL R | 2681 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18619267 | Concept for Generating a Cryptographic Address of a Field of an Object | Intel Corporation | FAROOQUI, QUAZI | 2491 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18610349 | Methods, Systems and Computer Programs for Processing Images of an Optical Imaging Device and for Training one or more Machine-Learning Models | Leica Microsystems Cms GmbH | BARNES JR, CARL E | 2178 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18592842 | Control circuitry for a crane, crane, winch arrangement for a crane, remote control unit for a crane and method to operate a crane | Palfinger AG | BERONA, KIMBERLY SUE | 3600 | §112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18580166 | MEDICAL VIDEO ANNOTATION USING OBJECT DETECTION AND ACTIVITY ESTIMATION | LEICA INSTRUMENTS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. | HUNTER, MISHAWN N | 2484 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18395753 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR FORMAL VERIFICATION OF A CIRCUIT DESIGN | Intel Corporation | AISAKA, BRYCE M | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 | |
| 18394503 | OPTIMIZED AND AUTOMATED DYNAMIC THERMAL REGULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH SELF-TUNING TWO-PHASE COOLING SYSTEM | Intel Corporation | TEITELBAUM, DAVID J | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | 85d overdue | AI Ready | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18391716 | Apparatus, Device, Method and Computer Program for Generating an RTL Representation of a Circuit | Intel Corporation | MEMULA, SURESH | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 | |
| 18391709 | Concept for Capability Management | Intel Corporation | CHEN, WENREN | 3626 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18572214 | A Concept for Generating Code of Test Cases | Intel Corporation | PAULINO, LENIN | 2197 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | AI Ready | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18572211 | Apparatus, Device, Method and Computer Program for Generating Test Cases for Verification of Hardware Instructions of a Hardware Device in Hypervisor | Intel Corporation | AGUILERA, TODD | 2192 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18571797 | A Concept for Generating a Test Specification | Intel Corporation | CHOWDHURY, ZIAUL A. | 2192 | §103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | AI Ready | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18570109 | A Concept for Controlling Parameters of a Hypervisor | Intel Corporation | RENWICK, REGINALD A | 3715 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | AI Ready | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18539350 | Method and system for dynamically detecting memory sub-channel mapping and data lane mapping between a memory controller and physical layer circuitry | Intel Corporation | LOONAN, ERIC T | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 | |
| 18570132 | Firmware Apparatus, Device, Method and Computer Program | Intel Corporation | EWALD, JOHN ROBERT DAKITA | 2199 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | AI Ready | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18539348 | Methods, Systems, and Computer Systems for Training a Machine-Learning Model, Generating a Training Corpus, and Using a Machine-Learning Model for Use in a Scientific or Surgical Imaging System | Leica Microsystems Cms GmbH | DING, XIAOMAO | 2676 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18568869 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EQUALIZING A DIGITAL INPUT SIGNAL, RECEIVER, BASE STATION AND MOBILE DEVICE | Intel Corporation | LUGO, DAVID B | 2631 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18555263 | Ophthalmic Microscope System and corresponding System, Method and Computer Program | LEICA INSTRUMENTS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. | KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA | 2871 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18549605 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | LEICA INSTRUMENTS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. | CHOWDHURY, NIGAR | 2484 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18359962 | Concept for Evaluating Hardware Tracing Records | Intel Corporation | RAMPURIA, SATISH | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 | |
| 18344882 | Apparatus, Device, Method, and Non-Transitory Machine-Readable Storage Medium for a Node of a Blockchain Network | Intel Corporation | TRAN, TRI MINH | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 | |
| 18344928 | Method, Apparatus and computer readable storage medium for processing data of a security protocol | Intel Corporation | GAVRILENKO, VLADIMIR I | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 | |
| 18343797 | Concept for Performing Operations on an Asset | Intel Corporation | SHAHABI, ARI ARASTOO | 3697 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18337089 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EMULATING OR PARA VIRTUALIZING A PHYSICAL FUNCTION OF A RESOURCE | Intel Corporation | DASCOMB, JACOB D | 2198 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2023 |
| 18311253 | Method and apparatus for multi-dimensional attestation for a software application | Intel Corporation | KNACKSTEDT, JACOB BENEDICT | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 03, 2023 | |
| 18249986 | System for a Microscope System and Corresponding Method and Computer Program | LEICA INSTRUMENTS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. | ORR, HENRY W | 2172 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 18145057 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN INTERDEPENDENCY BETWEEN RESOURCES OF A COMPUTING SYSTEM | Intel Corporation | WU, BENJAMIN C | 2195 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
| 18068531 | Apparatus, Device, Method, and Computer Program for Monitoring a Processing Device from a Trusted Domain | Intel Corporation | RUSIN, KAYO LISA | 2114 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | AI Ready | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 18067050 | Apparatuses, Devices, Methods, Computer Systems and Computer Programs for Handling Remote Procedure Calls | Intel Corporation | KIM, DONG U | 2197 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 30d | AI Ready | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 17997386 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPARING A SIMULATION OF A PHYSICAL OBJECT WITH MEASUREMENT DATA OF THE PHYSICAL OBJECT, AND METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A FINITE ELEMENT REPRESENTATION OF MEASUREMENT DATA OF A PHYSICAL OBJECT | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | KIM, EUNHEE | 2188 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2022 |
| 17934581 | Concept for Orchestration of Microservices | Altera Corporation | VU, TUAN A | 2193 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2022 |
| 17931904 | Apparatus, Device, Method, and Computer Program for Managing Memory of a Computer System | Intel Corporation | ALSIP, MICHAEL | 2139 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | Sep 14, 2022 |
| 17819325 | Monitoring Apparatus, Device, Method, and Computer Program and Corresponding System | Intel Corporation | TRAINOR, DANIEL BRENNAN | 2198 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | Aug 12, 2022 |
| 17810844 | Method and an apparatus for predicting a future state of a biological system, a system and a computer program | Leica Microsystems Cms GmbH | ELKINS, BLAKE HARRISON | 1687 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2022 |
| 17644802 | Semiconductor Die, Heat Spreader, Semiconductor Package, Semiconductor Device, and Methods | Intel Corporation | PURVIS, SUE A | 2893 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2021 |
| 17448716 | Semiconductor Die, Semiconductor Device and Method for Forming a Semiconductor Die | Intel Corporation | FAN, SU JYA | 2818 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | AI Ready | Sep 24, 2021 |
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