Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Alce Pllc

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

7 pending office actions • 7 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

ALCE PLLC has 7 pending office actions in Computing & Software and 609 career applications. The profile shows an active software prosecution docket supported by a defined application history.

The resolved allowance rate is 91.55%, with an average of 1.82 office actions per allowance. This combination indicates a favorable recorded allowance outcome and a comparatively contained examination path within the reported record. Practitioners can use the measures to frame both outcome expectations and likely response intensity.

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

Quality Metrics (n=609 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.6%
Allowance Rate
n=609
+0.46σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=609
1.8
OAs to Allowance
n=325
-0.94σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=325
388 days
Time to Allowance
n=325
+8.4pp
Interview Lift
n=609
12.4%
RCE Rate
n=609
4.0%
Appeal Rate
n=609

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.0%
§101 Overcome
n=76
81.4%
§102 Overcome
n=70
81.3%
§103 Overcome
n=123
84.4%
§112 Overcome
n=64

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06N, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
78%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=609
0
Practitioners
n=609
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=609 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (43%)
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
43% of docket
1
Communications
14% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GRUSZKA, DANIEL PATRICK 1 33.3% +66.7%
SAADOUN, HASSAN 1 91.7% -0.5%
HAKALA, ALAN GREGORY 1 — —
WINSTON III, EDWARD B 1 20.0% +31.3%
POINVIL, FRANTZY 1 78.5% +15.1%
LIN, HSING CHUN 1 61.8% +78.4%
LIN, ARIC 1 59.4% +12.1%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18796675 GOAL AND PERSONAL PLANNING MANAGEMENT APPLICATION POINVIL, FRANTZY 27d
19176664 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENTLY GENERATING CYBERSECURITY CONTEXTUAL INTELLIGENCE AND GENERATING A CYBERSECURITY INTELLIGENCE INTERFACE SAADOUN, HASSAN —
18914848 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING INTERACTIVE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR ACCELERATED VIRTUAL SIMULATIONS AND MANIPULATION OF CLINICAL TRIAL DATA FOR GENERATING CLINICAL TRIAL-RELATED INTELLIGENCE WINSTON III, EDWARD B —
18778312 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED SCHEDULER-CONTROLLED NODE TESTING IN A COMPUTING CLUSTER LIN, HSING CHUN —
18230405 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING A PROGRAMMABLE FINITE STATE MACHINE THAT ACCELERATES FETCHLESS COMPUTATIONS AND OPERATIONS OF AN ARRAY OF PROCESSING CORES OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LIN, ARIC —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18796675 GOAL AND PERSONAL PLANNING MANAGEMENT APPLICATION POINVIL, FRANTZY 27d
19412835 COMPOUND AI SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED SECURITY ALERT INVESTIGATION UTILIZING MULTI-MODEL EVIDENCE COLLECTION AND WEAK SUPERVISION FOR ENHANCED THREAT DETECTION AND RESPONSE GRUSZKA, DANIEL PATRICK —
18914848 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING INTERACTIVE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR ACCELERATED VIRTUAL SIMULATIONS AND MANIPULATION OF CLINICAL TRIAL DATA FOR GENERATING CLINICAL TRIAL-RELATED INTELLIGENCE WINSTON III, EDWARD B —
18778312 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED SCHEDULER-CONTROLLED NODE TESTING IN A COMPUTING CLUSTER LIN, HSING CHUN —
18230405 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING A PROGRAMMABLE FINITE STATE MACHINE THAT ACCELERATES FETCHLESS COMPUTATIONS AND OPERATIONS OF AN ARRAY OF PROCESSING CORES OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LIN, ARIC —

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21211
24351
26171
36831
36931
21951
28511

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19412835 COMPOUND AI SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED SECURITY ALERT INVESTIGATION UTILIZING MULTI-MODEL EVIDENCE COLLECTION AND WEAK SUPERVISION FOR ENHANCED THREAT DETECTION AND RESPONSE Embed Security, Inc. GRUSZKA, DANIEL PATRICK 2121 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 08, 2025
19176664 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENTLY GENERATING CYBERSECURITY CONTEXTUAL INTELLIGENCE AND GENERATING A CYBERSECURITY INTELLIGENCE INTERFACE Expel, Inc. SAADOUN, HASSAN 2435 §101Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2025
18939485 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY AND DYNAMICALLY LAYERING AND ADJUSTING VIRTUAL OBJECTS ON A DIGITAL AVATAR Hologress LLC HAKALA, ALAN GREGORY 2617 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 06, 2024
18914848 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING INTERACTIVE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR ACCELERATED VIRTUAL SIMULATIONS AND MANIPULATION OF CLINICAL TRIAL DATA FOR GENERATING CLINICAL TRIAL-RELATED INTELLIGENCE Sleuth Insights, Inc. WINSTON III, EDWARD B 3683 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 14, 2024
18796675 GOAL AND PERSONAL PLANNING MANAGEMENT APPLICATION Pocketnest Inc. POINVIL, FRANTZY 3693 §101 Final Rejection 27d Pending Aug 07, 2024
18778312 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED SCHEDULER-CONTROLLED NODE TESTING IN A COMPUTING CLUSTER Penguin Computing, Inc. LIN, HSING CHUN 2195 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 19, 2024
18230405 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING A PROGRAMMABLE FINITE STATE MACHINE THAT ACCELERATES FETCHLESS COMPUTATIONS AND OPERATIONS OF AN ARRAY OF PROCESSING CORES OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Quadric.Io Inc. LIN, ARIC 2851 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 04, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Alce Pllc's patent allowance rate?

91.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Alce Pllc were allowed, across 609 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Alce Pllc average before allowance?

1.82 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Alce Pllc have?

7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 7 clients, before 7 examiners in 7 art units.

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