Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 7 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
ALCE PLLC is a patent law firm that specializes in Computing & Software, where it has managed 596 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 91.3 percent, reflecting an ability to secure patent grants for software-related inventions. This success rate is a performance metric for their work in this technical field.
The firm currently has 8 pending office actions. Their prosecution history shows an average of 1.79 office actions per allowance. This metric indicates an efficient interaction with the USPTO, typically requiring the rounds of communication recorded in the data to reach a grant. Practitioners can use the 1.79 average to benchmark the expected timeline and effort for applications in Computing & Software.
The 596 career applications provide a record of the firm's experience in the industry. The 91.3 percent allowance rate and 1.79 office actions per allowance together characterize a firm that is both successful and efficient. The 8 pending office actions represent a focused portion of their current active workload.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 3 (43%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (14%) |
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRUSZKA, DANIEL PATRICK | 1 | 40.0% | +66.7% |
| SAADOUN, HASSAN | 1 | 91.5% | -0.4% |
| HAKALA, ALAN GREGORY | 1 | — | — |
| WINSTON III, EDWARD B | 1 | 19.8% | +31.0% |
| POINVIL, FRANTZY | 1 | 79.0% | +15.3% |
| LIN, HSING CHUN | 1 | 60.5% | +80.6% |
| LIN, ARIC | 1 | 59.8% | +12.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Embed Security, Inc. | 1 |
| Expel | 1 |
| Hologress LLC | 1 |
| Sleuth Insights, Inc. | 1 |
| POCKETNEST INC. | 1 |
| Penguin Computing, Inc. | 1 |
| Quadric.Io Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2121 | 1 |
| 2617 | 1 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 3693 | 1 |
| 2195 | 1 |
| 2851 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | §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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