Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Communications
12 pending office actions • 6 clients • 10 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Alford Law Group, Inc. is a patent law firm that focuses on Communications, having handled 280 career applications. The firm achieves a resolved allowance rate of 87.5 percent, which demonstrates a track record in securing patent rights for communications inventions. This success rate is an indicator of their performance in this field.
The firm currently manages 11 pending office actions. Their prosecution history includes an average of 2.71 office actions per allowance. This figure indicates an efficient prosecution process, with the firm typically reaching an allowance in the rounds of examiner interaction recorded in the data. For practitioners, the 2.71 average provides a benchmark for estimating the effort required for new filings in Communications.
With 280 career applications, the firm has established its presence in the industry. The 87.5 percent allowance rate and 2.71 office actions per allowance together describe a firm that is both effective and efficient. These metrics, along with the 11 pending office actions, offer a view of the firm's prosecution activity.
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.
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.
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 | 4 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (42%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | 3 | 74.2% | +15.6% |
| IVICH, FERNANDO NMN | 1 | 48.7% | +69.8% |
| SHALU, ZELALEM W | 1 | 31.6% | +20.4% |
| TRAN, CHAU NGUYEN BICH | 1 | 31.6% | +45.2% |
| STREGE, JOHN B | 1 | 87.0% | +13.8% |
| KWAK, DEAN P | 1 | 58.7% | +37.1% |
| LIPMAN, JACOB | 1 | 83.3% | +12.8% |
| COOK, JONATHON | 1 | 81.6% | +17.0% |
| FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA | 1 | 29.6% | +37.1% |
| BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 1 | 64.8% | +32.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17994395 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR AN OPTICAL FIBER FORWARD SCATTER CHANNEL IN FLOW CYTOMETERS | COOK, JONATHON | 77d overdue |
| 18297615 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVABLE NOZZLE WITH CAM LATCH ENGAGEMENT IN FLOW CYTOMETERS | KWAK, DEAN P | 44d overdue |
| 16418942 | FAST RECOMPENSATION OF FLOW CYTOMETERY DATA FOR SPILLOVER READJUSTMENTS | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 14d |
| 18507074 | BOOSTING, CORRECTING, AND BLOCKING TO PROVIDE IMPROVED TRANSCRIBED AND TRANSLATED RESULTS OF CLOUD-BASED MEETINGS | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | 39d |
| 18239137 | ADAPTABLE SYSTEMS FOR DISCOVERING INTENT FROM ENTERPRISE DATA | SHALU, ZELALEM W | 55d |
| 18173051 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH A STATIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL FOR CONTEXTUAL SITUATIONS, INCLUDING AGE BLOCKING FOR VAPING AND IGNITION START, USING DATA ANALYSIS AND OPERATING METHODS THEREOF | LIPMAN, JACOB | 56d |
| 18215158 | AUTO HIGH CONTENT SCREENING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR DRUG COMPOUND DEVELOPMENT | STREGE, JOHN B | 86d |
| 18927838 | LARGE LANGUAGE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR SERVICE PROVIDER VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17994395 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR AN OPTICAL FIBER FORWARD SCATTER CHANNEL IN FLOW CYTOMETERS | COOK, JONATHON | 77d overdue |
| 18297615 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVABLE NOZZLE WITH CAM LATCH ENGAGEMENT IN FLOW CYTOMETERS | KWAK, DEAN P | 44d overdue |
| 16992489 | SYSTEM AND METHOD USING CLOUD STRUCTURES IN REAL TIME SPEECH AND TRANSLATION INVOLVING MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, CONTEXT SETTING, AND TRANSCRIPTING FEATURES | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | 12d |
| 16418942 | FAST RECOMPENSATION OF FLOW CYTOMETERY DATA FOR SPILLOVER READJUSTMENTS | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 14d |
| 18507074 | BOOSTING, CORRECTING, AND BLOCKING TO PROVIDE IMPROVED TRANSCRIBED AND TRANSLATED RESULTS OF CLOUD-BASED MEETINGS | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | 39d |
| 18239137 | ADAPTABLE SYSTEMS FOR DISCOVERING INTENT FROM ENTERPRISE DATA | SHALU, ZELALEM W | 55d |
| 18173051 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH A STATIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL FOR CONTEXTUAL SITUATIONS, INCLUDING AGE BLOCKING FOR VAPING AND IGNITION START, USING DATA ANALYSIS AND OPERATING METHODS THEREOF | LIPMAN, JACOB | 56d |
| 18215158 | AUTO HIGH CONTENT SCREENING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR DRUG COMPOUND DEVELOPMENT | STREGE, JOHN B | 86d |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Cytek Biosciences | 5 |
| Predii, Inc. | 2 |
| ViQi, Inc. | 2 |
| Wordly, Inc. | 1 |
| Aerendir Mobile Inc. | 1 |
| WORDLY INC. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2657 | 2 |
| 2877 | 2 |
| 1657 | 1 |
| 2145 | 1 |
| 1677 | 1 |
| 2669 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| 2431 | 1 |
| 1685 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18927838 | LARGE LANGUAGE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR SERVICE PROVIDER VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | Predii, Inc. | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 | |
| 18747407 | ULTRA-BRIGHT NANOPARTICLE FLUORESCENT DYE COMPLEXES | Cytek Biosciences, Inc. | IVICH, FERNANDO NMN | 1657 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18507074 | BOOSTING, CORRECTING, AND BLOCKING TO PROVIDE IMPROVED TRANSCRIBED AND TRANSLATED RESULTS OF CLOUD-BASED MEETINGS | Wordly, Inc. | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | 2657 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Nov 12, 2023 |
| 18239137 | ADAPTABLE SYSTEMS FOR DISCOVERING INTENT FROM ENTERPRISE DATA | Predii, Inc. | SHALU, ZELALEM W | 2145 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
| 18353056 | B CELL MONITORING REAGENT PANEL AND REAGENT KIT FOR ANALYZING B CELL SUBSETS IN ANTI-CD20 TREATED AUTOIMMUNE PATIENTS | Cytek Biosciences, Inc. | TRAN, CHAU NGUYEN BICH | 1677 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18215158 | AUTO HIGH CONTENT SCREENING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR DRUG COMPOUND DEVELOPMENT | Viqi, Inc. | STREGE, JOHN B | 2669 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 86d | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18297615 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVABLE NOZZLE WITH CAM LATCH ENGAGEMENT IN FLOW CYTOMETERS | Cytek Biosciences, Inc. | KWAK, DEAN P | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Apr 08, 2023 |
| 18173051 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH A STATIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL FOR CONTEXTUAL SITUATIONS, INCLUDING AGE BLOCKING FOR VAPING AND IGNITION START, USING DATA ANALYSIS AND OPERATING METHODS THEREOF | Aerendir Mobile Inc. | LIPMAN, JACOB | 2431 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Mar 04, 2023 |
| 17994395 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR AN OPTICAL FIBER FORWARD SCATTER CHANNEL IN FLOW CYTOMETERS | Cytek Biosciences, Inc. | COOK, JONATHON | 2877 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 77d overdue | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
| 17650067 | MACHINE LEARNING FOR EARLY DETECTION OF CELLULAR MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES | Viqi, Inc. | FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA | 1685 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2022 |
| 16992489 | SYSTEM AND METHOD USING CLOUD STRUCTURES IN REAL TIME SPEECH AND TRANSLATION INVOLVING MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, CONTEXT SETTING, AND TRANSCRIPTING FEATURES | Wordly Inc. | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | 2657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Aug 13, 2020 |
| 16418942 | FAST RECOMPENSATION OF FLOW CYTOMETERY DATA FOR SPILLOVER READJUSTMENTS | Cytek Biosciences, Inc. | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | May 21, 2019 |
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