Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 1 client • 10 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
APPLE INC. at YOUNG BASILE has 9 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and 13110 career applications. The application figure provides a broad historical context for a comparatively focused pending docket.
The resolved allowance rate is 88.55%, with an average of 2.82 office actions per allowance. These figures indicate a strong record of resolved allowances accompanied by multiple examination exchanges. Practitioners can use the profile to anticipate the importance of maintaining claim flexibility while addressing repeated technical or legal objections.
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 | 1 (10%) |
| §103 only | 2 (20%) |
| §102 only | 3 (30%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (30%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L | 1 | 77.6% | +15.3% |
| TEKA, ABIY | 1 | 84.9% | +10.1% |
| AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L | 1 | 78.2% | +14.1% |
| LUBBERS, ANDREW J | 1 | — | — |
| RICH, JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH | 1 | 83.3% | +10.0% |
| POON, DANA LEE | 1 | 55.4% | +41.8% |
| EMMETT, MADISON B | 1 | 80.3% | +9.9% |
| BURCH, MELODY M | 1 | 64.2% | +26.5% |
| AMPONSAH, OSEI K | 1 | 72.4% | +32.8% |
| CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | 1 | 56.4% | +29.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18851352 | Automated Cleaning Of An Optical Element | TEKA, ABIY | — |
| 18688690 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE DEVICE MOVEMENT | EMMETT, MADISON B | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19101979 | Panel With Switchable Layer to Obscure Display | EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L | — |
| 18611283 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE POSITIONING | RICH, JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH | — |
| 18598433 | Cleaning System | POON, DANA LEE | — |
| 18443768 | Spring System | BURCH, MELODY M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19101979 | Panel With Switchable Layer to Obscure Display | EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L | — |
| 18851352 | Automated Cleaning Of An Optical Element | TEKA, ABIY | — |
| 18806212 | Electrostatic Grounding Structures | AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L | — |
| 18611283 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE POSITIONING | RICH, JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH | — |
| 18598433 | Cleaning System | POON, DANA LEE | — |
| 18443768 | Spring System | BURCH, MELODY M | — |
| 18434918 | Liquid Electrolyte For An Electrochemical Cell With A Silicon-Based Anode | AMPONSAH, OSEI K | — |
| 18125557 | Head-Mounted Device With Impact Mitigation | CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Apple | 10 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2841 | 2 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 2644 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 3616 | 1 |
| 1752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19101979 | Panel With Switchable Layer to Obscure Display | Apple Inc. | EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 | |
| 18851352 | Automated Cleaning Of An Optical Element | Apple Inc. | TEKA, ABIY | 3745 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18806212 | Electrostatic Grounding Structures | Apple Inc. | AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L | 2841 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18778342 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE MESSAGING | Apple Inc. | LUBBERS, ANDREW J | 2644 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18611283 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE POSITIONING | Apple Inc. | RICH, JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH | 3666 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18598433 | Cleaning System | Apple Inc. | POON, DANA LEE | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18688690 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE DEVICE MOVEMENT | Apple Inc. | EMMETT, MADISON B | 3658 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18443768 | Spring System | Apple Inc. | BURCH, MELODY M | 3616 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18434918 | Liquid Electrolyte For An Electrochemical Cell With A Silicon-Based Anode | Apple Inc. | AMPONSAH, OSEI K | 1752 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18125557 | Head-Mounted Device With Impact Mitigation | Apple Inc. | CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | 2841 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial88.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Apple Inc. AT Young Basile were allowed, across 13,110 applications in USPTO records.
2.82 office actions per allowed application on average.
10 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 10 examiners in 8 art units.
