Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
13 pending office actions • 7 clients • 13 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Athorus, PLLC operates in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has a career application count of 1785 and a resolved allowance rate pct of 98.16. This success rate is a defining feature of the firm's prosecution history. The 98.16 percent allowance rate provides a baseline for the likelihood of success for its client base. Practitioners can use this percentage to evaluate the firm's historical performance across its career filings.
There are 9 pending office actions currently being addressed. The firm averages 3.5 office actions per allowance, which provides a clear expectation for the typical prosecution timeline. This 3.5 average helps in setting expectations for the number of interactions required to reach a final decision. With 1785 applications in its history, the firm has a documented record of performance. The 9 pending office actions represent the current volume of active matters the firm is pursuing.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 only | 1 (8%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 6 (46%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (23%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICHAUD, ROBERT J | 1 | 83.5% | +11.9% |
| HSU, AMY R | 1 | 86.6% | -1.2% |
| THOMPSON, JAMES A | 1 | 85.1% | +3.0% |
| BARR, MARY EVANGELINE | 1 | 35.8% | +32.6% |
| BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S | 1 | 42.2% | +54.9% |
| STREGE, JOHN B | 1 | 87.0% | +13.8% |
| PHAM, THIERRY L | 1 | 80.6% | +5.0% |
| SHARMA, NEERAJ | 1 | 84.7% | +12.1% |
| GABLER, PHILIP F | 1 | 72.9% | +23.4% |
| RAWLINGS, ZANE ALEXANDER | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18649868 | QUERY OF VIDEO SUBJECT MATTER | SHARMA, NEERAJ | 56d overdue |
| 19082045 | APPEARANCE INFILLING IN VIDEO | THOMPSON, JAMES A | — |
| 18917289 | ANALYZING SENSOR DATA TO IDENTIFY EVENTS | STREGE, JOHN B | — |
| 18820117 | NATURAL LANGUAGE STATISTICAL MODEL WITH WORKSPACES | PHAM, THIERRY L | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18962404 | FDA COMPLIANT QUALITY SYSTEM TO RISK-MITIGATE, DEVELOP, AND MAINTAIN SOFTWARE-BASED MEDICAL SYSTEMS | BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S | 30d overdue |
| 18582366 | INTEGRATED SEAT AND STORAGE ATTACHMENT FOR A SCOOTER | GABLER, PHILIP F | 16d overdue |
| 19396921 | SILENT COMMUNICATION, INTERACTION, AND/OR TRANSLATION | MICHAUD, ROBERT J | — |
| 19091656 | ROBOTIC CONTROL USING NATURAL LANGUAGE COMMANDS | HSU, AMY R | — |
| 18422646 | SYSTEM FOR POST-TRAINING QUANTIZATION OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS | RAWLINGS, ZANE ALEXANDER | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18649868 | QUERY OF VIDEO SUBJECT MATTER | SHARMA, NEERAJ | 56d overdue |
| 18962404 | FDA COMPLIANT QUALITY SYSTEM TO RISK-MITIGATE, DEVELOP, AND MAINTAIN SOFTWARE-BASED MEDICAL SYSTEMS | BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S | 30d overdue |
| 19000211 | DIGITALLY GUIDED PREHAB EXPERIENCES | BARR, MARY EVANGELINE | 17d overdue |
| 18582366 | INTEGRATED SEAT AND STORAGE ATTACHMENT FOR A SCOOTER | GABLER, PHILIP F | 16d overdue |
| 19396921 | SILENT COMMUNICATION, INTERACTION, AND/OR TRANSLATION | MICHAUD, ROBERT J | — |
| 18917289 | ANALYZING SENSOR DATA TO IDENTIFY EVENTS | STREGE, JOHN B | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Armada Systems | 4 |
| DEEPWELL DTX | 2 |
| Amazon | 2 |
| Neutron Holdings, Inc. | 2 |
| Innervoice Pbc | 1 |
| Vay Technology GmbH | 1 |
| Pinterest, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2622 | 1 |
| 3682 | 1 |
| 3623 | 1 |
| 2659 | 1 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| 2686 | 1 |
| 3664 | 1 |
| 2617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19396921 | SILENT COMMUNICATION, INTERACTION, AND/OR TRANSLATION | Innervoice Pbc | MICHAUD, ROBERT J | 2622 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2025 |
| 19091656 | ROBOTIC CONTROL USING NATURAL LANGUAGE COMMANDS | Armada Systems, Inc. | HSU, AMY R | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 | |
| 19082045 | APPEARANCE INFILLING IN VIDEO | Armada Systems, Inc. | THOMPSON, JAMES A | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 | |
| 19000211 | DIGITALLY GUIDED PREHAB EXPERIENCES | Deepwell Dtx | BARR, MARY EVANGELINE | 3682 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18962404 | FDA COMPLIANT QUALITY SYSTEM TO RISK-MITIGATE, DEVELOP, AND MAINTAIN SOFTWARE-BASED MEDICAL SYSTEMS | Deepwell Dtx | BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S | 3623 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18917289 | ANALYZING SENSOR DATA TO IDENTIFY EVENTS | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | STREGE, JOHN B | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 | |
| 18820117 | NATURAL LANGUAGE STATISTICAL MODEL WITH WORKSPACES | Armada Systems, Inc. | PHAM, THIERRY L | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 | |
| 18649868 | QUERY OF VIDEO SUBJECT MATTER | Armada Systems, Inc. | SHARMA, NEERAJ | 2659 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d overdue | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18582366 | INTEGRATED SEAT AND STORAGE ATTACHMENT FOR A SCOOTER | Neutron Holdings, Inc. | GABLER, PHILIP F | 3636 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18422646 | SYSTEM FOR POST-TRAINING QUANTIZATION OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | RAWLINGS, ZANE ALEXANDER | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 | |
| 18395217 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE PARKING MANAGEMENT | Neutron Holdings, Inc. | ALUNKAL, THOMAS D | 2686 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 17951759 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC CONTROL OF REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES BASED ON ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS | Vay Technology GmbH | SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M | 3664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2022 |
| 17564004 | SKIN TONE DETERMINATION AND FILTERING | Pinterest, Inc. | WANG, JIN CHENG | 2617 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2021 |
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