Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
5 pending office actions • 2 clients • 5 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Angela M. Brunetti, PLLC focuses on the Communications technology area, where it has managed 158 career applications. This boutique practice size suggests a personalized approach to communications-related patent prosecution. The firm currently has 5 pending office actions on its docket, indicating a manageable level of active work.
The firm's resolved allowance rate pct stands at 77.01, reflecting its success rate in the competitive communications sector. Prosecution typically involves an avg office actions per allowance of 2.84. This average suggests that the firm generally reaches an allowance within several substantive exchanges with the USPTO examiner, providing a predictable timeline for applicants.
Practitioners can look to the 77.01 resolved allowance rate pct as a measure of the firm's effectiveness in Communications. The 2.84 avg office actions per allowance provides a benchmark for the expected prosecution cycle. With 158 career applications and 5 pending office actions, the firm maintains a consistent record of performance for its clients while navigating the complexities of the USPTO.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, SHIN | 1 | 66.7% | +100.0% |
| GODBOLD, DOUGLAS | 1 | 83.3% | +10.6% |
| BRINEY III, WALTER F | 1 | 65.5% | +3.9% |
| MONIKANG, GEORGE C | 1 | 75.3% | +7.1% |
| KIM, JONATHAN C | 1 | 73.6% | +38.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18923399 | Method and System of Intelligent Dynamic Voice Enhancement | GODBOLD, DOUGLAS | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18822216 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF VIRTUALIZED SPATIAL AUDIO | MONIKANG, GEORGE C | 15d |
| 19179288 | MODULAR APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMIZING THE REDISTRIBUTION OF ACOUSTIC ENERGY | LEE, SHIN | — |
| 18902090 | DUAL COMPRESSION DRIVER WITH RECTANGULAR EXIT | BRINEY III, WALTER F | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19179288 | MODULAR APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMIZING THE REDISTRIBUTION OF ACOUSTIC ENERGY | LEE, SHIN | — |
| 18923399 | Method and System of Intelligent Dynamic Voice Enhancement | GODBOLD, DOUGLAS | — |
| 18584582 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING REMOTE CONTROL VEHICLE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS USING VOICE COMMANDS | KIM, JONATHAN C | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Samsung | 4 |
| Harman Professional, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2692 | 2 |
| 2655 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19179288 | MODULAR APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMIZING THE REDISTRIBUTION OF ACOUSTIC ENERGY | Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH | LEE, SHIN | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 | |
| 18923399 | Method and System of Intelligent Dynamic Voice Enhancement | Harman International Industries, Incorporated | GODBOLD, DOUGLAS | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 | |
| 18902090 | DUAL COMPRESSION DRIVER WITH RECTANGULAR EXIT | Harman Professional, Inc. | BRINEY III, WALTER F | 2692 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18822216 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF VIRTUALIZED SPATIAL AUDIO | Harman International Industries, Incorporated | MONIKANG, GEORGE C | 2692 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Sep 01, 2024 |
| 18584582 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING REMOTE CONTROL VEHICLE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS USING VOICE COMMANDS | Harman International Industries, Incorporated | KIM, JONATHAN C | 2655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
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