Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Alce Pllc

6 pending office actions • 6 clients • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=576 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.2%
Allowance Rate
n=576
+0.45σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=576
1.8
OAs to Allowance
n=307
-0.96σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=307
383 days
Time to Allowance
n=307
+9.1pp
Interview Lift
n=576
12.9%
RCE Rate
n=576
4.0%
Appeal Rate
n=576

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

79.2%
§101 Overcome
n=72
81.4%
§102 Overcome
n=70
79.7%
§103 Overcome
n=118
83.9%
§112 Overcome
n=62

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06N, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
78%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=576
0
Practitioners
n=576
Apps / Practitioner
n=576 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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.

3
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (17%)
1
Easy (17%)
1
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (33%)
§103 only1 (17%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)
No statute on record1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
33% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CAO, PHUONG THAO 1 78.1% +14.3%
BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE 1 22.7% +26.6%
WINSTON III, EDWARD B 1 19.8% +31.1%
POINVIL, FRANTZY 1 79.1% +15.9%
PADOT, TIMOTHY 1 39.6% +28.8%
RUTTEN, JAMES D 1 63.2% +37.7%

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18989725 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED GENERATION OF INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL PERSONA COMMUNITIES BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE 19d
18796675 GOAL AND PERSONAL PLANNING MANAGEMENT APPLICATION POINVIL, FRANTZY 27d
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
17149843 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING OPERATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS FOR RESTRICTED COMPUTATIONS OF A MIXED-SIGNAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT RUTTEN, JAMES D

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18989725 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED GENERATION OF INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL PERSONA COMMUNITIES BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE 19d
18796675 GOAL AND PERSONAL PLANNING MANAGEMENT APPLICATION POINVIL, FRANTZY 27d
19275302 TECHNIQUES AND ARCHITECTURE FOR SECURING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL ASSISTED INTERACTIONS WITH A DATA CATALOG CAO, PHUONG THAO
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
18784418 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED EMULATION OF VIRTUAL RESPONDENTS PADOT, TIMOTHY
17149843 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING OPERATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS FOR RESTRICTED COMPUTATIONS OF A MIXED-SIGNAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT RUTTEN, JAMES D

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21641
36241
36831
36931
36251
21211

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19275302 TECHNIQUES AND ARCHITECTURE FOR SECURING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL ASSISTED INTERACTIONS WITH A DATA CATALOG SAS Institute Inc. CAO, PHUONG THAO 2164 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 21, 2025
18989725 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED GENERATION OF INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL PERSONA COMMUNITIES Socialtrait Inc. BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE 3624 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Dec 20, 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
18784418 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED EMULATION OF VIRTUAL RESPONDENTS Simsurveys, LLC PADOT, TIMOTHY 3625 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2024
17149843 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING OPERATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS FOR RESTRICTED COMPUTATIONS OF A MIXED-SIGNAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Mythic, Inc. RUTTEN, JAMES D 2121 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 15, 2021

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