Artegis Law Group, LLP - Harman - Patent Prosecution (18 Pending OAs)

Portfolio Summary

18

Total Pending OAs

12

Non-Final OAs

3

Final Rejections

3

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9

Overdue

2

Due this week

6

Due this month

0

Due in next 60 days

1

Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (9)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due later (1)

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.

0

Hard (0%)

16

Medium (89%)

2

Easy (11%)

0

Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§103 only	14 (78%)
§102 only	2 (11%)
§112 only	2 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

0

Life Sciences

0% of docket

1

Information Tech

6% of docket

11

Communications

61% of docket

1

Semiconductors

6% of docket

5

Mechanical / Eng

28% 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.

180 h

Manual time on pending OAs

36 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

63 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

1.6 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD	2	67.5%	+22.2%
ZHU, QIN	2	87.7%	+2.6%
TRAN, CON P	2	68.9%	+23.5%
EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH	1	10.0%	+29.9%
ZENATI, AMAL S	1	79.7%	+14.6%
MOONEY, JAMES K	1	75.7%	+22.2%
SNIEZEK, ANDREW L	1	84.9%	+8.9%
SHARMA, NEERAJ	1	84.9%	+11.6%
HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS	1	63.0%	+51.7%
GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK	1	50.0%	+52.4%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18292126	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING CLASSIFIERS FOR USE IN A VOICE RECOGNITION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM	SHARMA, NEERAJ	112d overdue
18669943	SEAMLESS REVERBERATION TRANSITION IN VIRTUAL VENUES	ZHU, QIN	44d overdue
18734888	LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM FOR ARBITRARY SOUND DIRECTION RENDERING	SNIEZEK, ANDREW L	8d overdue
18520208	TECHNIQUES FOR ADDING DISTANCE-DEPENDENT REVERB TO AN AUDIO SIGNAL FOR A VIRTUAL SOUND SOURCE	ZHU, QIN	5d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18878788	REMOTE HEALTH MONITORING USING PLUG-IN DEVICES WITH EVENTFUL AND STATEFUL HEALTH MONITORING	EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH	43d overdue

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18292126	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING CLASSIFIERS FOR USE IN A VOICE RECOGNITION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM	SHARMA, NEERAJ	112d overdue
18878788	REMOTE HEALTH MONITORING USING PLUG-IN DEVICES WITH EVENTFUL AND STATEFUL HEALTH MONITORING	EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH	43d overdue
18828894	TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING ROOM BOUNDARIES AND LAYOUT USING MICROPHONE PAIRS	WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD	17d overdue
18828892	TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING ROOM BOUNDARIES AND LAYOUT USING MICROPHONE PAIRS	WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD	6d
18771461	IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA MIXING	ZENATI, AMAL S	21d
18246831	NOISE-ISOLATING HEADPHONE SYSTEMS FOR HEADGEGAR	TRAN, CON P	22d
18556506	METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A SOUND QUALITY OF AN AUDIO SYSTEM	TRAN, CON P	23d
18462184	LOCALIZED VOICE RECOGNITION ASSISTANT	GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK	27d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)	Pending OAs
Samsung	18

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
2695	3
3645	2
2693	2
2691	2
2659	2
3687	1
3665	1
3683	1
2692	1
2657	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Client	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
18878788	REMOTE HEALTH MONITORING USING PLUG-IN DEVICES WITH EVENTFUL AND STATEFUL HEALTH MONITORING	Harman International Industries, Incorporated	EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH	3687	§103	Non-Final OA	43d overdue	Pending	Dec 24, 2024
18828892	TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING ROOM BOUNDARIES AND LAYOUT USING MICROPHONE PAIRS	Harman International Industries, Incorporated	WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD	3645	§103	Non-Final OA	6d	Pending	Sep 09, 2024
18828894	TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING ROOM BOUNDARIES AND LAYOUT USING MICROPHONE PAIRS	Harman International Industries, Incorporated	WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD	3645	§103	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	Pending	Sep 09, 2024
18771461	IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA MIXING	Harman International Industries, Incorporated	ZENATI, AMAL S	2693	§103	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Jul 12, 2024
18750021	AUDIO PROCESSING MODULE FOR EXTENDING AUTOMOTIVE AUDIO CAPABILITIES	Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH	MOONEY, JAMES K	2695	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Jun 21, 2024
18734888	LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM FOR ARBITRARY SOUND DIRECTION RENDERING	Harman International Industries, Incorporated	SNIEZEK, ANDREW L	2693	§103	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Jun 05, 2024
18669943	SEAMLESS REVERBERATION TRANSITION IN VIRTUAL VENUES	Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH	ZHU, QIN	2691	§103	Non-Final OA	44d overdue	Pending	May 21, 2024
18292126	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING CLASSIFIERS FOR USE IN A VOICE RECOGNITION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM	Harman Connected Services, Inc.	SHARMA, NEERAJ	2659	§102	Non-Final OA	112d overdue	Pending	Jan 25, 2024
18520208	TECHNIQUES FOR ADDING DISTANCE-DEPENDENT REVERB TO AN AUDIO SIGNAL FOR A VIRTUAL SOUND SOURCE	Harman International Industries, Incorporated	ZHU, QIN	2691	§102	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Nov 27, 2023
18557644	KEYWORD SPOTTING METHOD BASED ON NEURAL NETWORK	Harman International Industries, Incorporated	HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS	2659	§103	Non-Final OA	84d	Pending	Oct 27, 2023
18556506	METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A SOUND QUALITY OF AN AUDIO SYSTEM	Harman International Industries, Incorporated	TRAN, CON P	2695	§112	Final Rejection	23d	Pending	Oct 20, 2023
18462184	LOCALIZED VOICE RECOGNITION ASSISTANT	Harman International Industries, Incorporated	GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK	3665	§112	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Sep 06, 2023
18462364	PROVIDING REMOTE PATIENT ASSISTANCE WHEN NETWORK CONNECTIVITY IS UNAVAILABLE	Harman International Industries, Incorporated	TIEDEMAN, JASON S	3683	§103	Non-Final OA	131d overdue	Pending	Sep 06, 2023
18457091	MULTISTEP SOUND PREFERENCE DETERMINATION	Harman International Industries, Incorporated	MAUNG, THOMAS H	2692	§103	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Aug 28, 2023
18450914	TECHNIQUES FOR AUTHORIZING AND PRIORITIZING COMMANDS DIRECTED TOWARDS A VIRTUAL PRIVATE ASSISTANT DEVICE FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES	Harman International Industries, Incorporated	SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN	2657	§103	Final Rejection	85d overdue	Pending	Aug 16, 2023
18246831	NOISE-ISOLATING HEADPHONE SYSTEMS FOR HEADGEGAR	Harman International Industries, Incorporated	TRAN, CON P	2695	§103	Final Rejection	22d	Pending	Mar 27, 2023
17860976	RESTORATION OF CORRUPTED KEYS IN A SECURE STORAGE SYSTEM	Harman International Industries, Incorporated	NOAMAN, BASSAM A	2497	§103	Non-Final OA	38d overdue	Pending	Jul 08, 2022
17633921	HEAT SINK FOR IC COMPONENT AND IC HEAT SINK ASSEMBLY	Harman International Industries, Incorporated	ISAAC, STANETTA D	2898	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Feb 08, 2022

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