Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Banner Witcoff (Intel)

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

22 pending office actions • 1 client • 22 examiners • 18 art units • 11 of 22 (50%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Banner Witcoff (Intel) has 21 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The profile reports 56,497 career applications, a 92.02% resolved allowance rate, and 2.25 average office actions per allowance.

The Intel-linked docket is measured against a broad Banner Witcoff career record, not a separately identified Intel-only outcome set. That distinction limits client-specific conclusions, but the available figures still provide context on the firm record associated with the profile. The action average indicates that allowed matters generally involve more than one prosecution exchange, while the allowance rate supplies the reported resolved-outcome measure.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=56497 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.0%
Allowance Rate
n=56497
+0.48σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=56497
2.2
OAs to Allowance
n=44905
-0.89σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=44905
935 days
Time to Allowance
n=44905
+0.1pp
Interview Lift
n=56497
19.9%
RCE Rate
n=56497
1.9%
Appeal Rate
n=56497

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

79.1%
§101 Overcome
n=4169
83.3%
§102 Overcome
n=10858
83.0%
§103 Overcome
n=18480
84.7%
§112 Overcome
n=10807

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=56497
56
Practitioners
n=56497
1008.9
Apps / Practitioner
n=56497

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

13
Hard (59%)
8
Medium (36%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other5 (23%)
§103 only7 (32%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (32%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
18% of docket
2
Communications
9% of docket
7
Semiconductors
32% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
36% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ELAHI, TOWFIQ 1 79.7% +14.4%
OSTERHOUT, SHELLEY MARIE 1 64.2% +23.5%
CAIN, AARON G 1 43.0% +31.0%
DANG, PHONG H 1 81.0% +10.7%
DESTA, ELIAS 1 84.0% +10.1%
SULTANA, NADIRA 1 73.5% +36.3%
ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P 1 42.0% +25.7%
KNOX, KALERIA 1 68.3% +25.0%
HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 1 47.2% +38.6%
KUNTZ, JEWEL A 1 70.8% +17.5%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18838905 CONFERENCE CALL SYSTEM WITH FEEDBACK DANG, PHONG H —
18657505 OUT-OF-SPECIFICATION DETECTION DESTA, ELIAS —

Hard Cases (13)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17560070 HEAT PIPE WITH FIRST HEAT SOURCE ON FIRST SIDE AND SECOND HEAT SOURCE ON OPPOSITE SECOND SIDE LING, FOR K. 216d overdue
17850536 CUMULATIVE LEARNING ROBOT EXECUTION PLAN GENERATION DARWISH, AMIR ELSAYED 23d overdue
18899311 VEHICLE POWER MANAGEMENT OSTERHOUT, SHELLEY MARIE 17d overdue
18891741 COGNITIVE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH FEAR BASED ACTION/REACTION CAIN, AARON G 17d overdue
18397531 MANAGEMENT OF TRUST METRICS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P 34d
19106803 VEHICLE PASSENGER DISPLAY MODIFICATION ELAHI, TOWFIQ —
18617942 AUTOMATED GENERATIVE AI BASED DIGITAL TWIN SULTANA, NADIRA —
18397142 SENSOR DATA VERIFICATION KNOX, KALERIA —

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18899311 VEHICLE POWER MANAGEMENT OSTERHOUT, SHELLEY MARIE 17d overdue
18891741 COGNITIVE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH FEAR BASED ACTION/REACTION CAIN, AARON G 17d overdue
18397441 HUMAN-COLLABORATIVE ROBOT ERGONOMIC INTERACTION SYSTEM HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 8d overdue
18397531 MANAGEMENT OF TRUST METRICS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P 34d
19106803 VEHICLE PASSENGER DISPLAY MODIFICATION ELAHI, TOWFIQ —
18838905 CONFERENCE CALL SYSTEM WITH FEEDBACK DANG, PHONG H —
18657505 OUT-OF-SPECIFICATION DETECTION DESTA, ELIAS —
18617942 AUTOMATED GENERATIVE AI BASED DIGITAL TWIN SULTANA, NADIRA —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Intel 22

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28353
28572
26251
36691
36561
21841
26531
36621
36581
36661

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19106803 VEHICLE PASSENGER DISPLAY MODIFICATION Intel Corporation ELAHI, TOWFIQ 2625 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2025
18899311 VEHICLE POWER MANAGEMENT Intel Corporation OSTERHOUT, SHELLEY MARIE 3669 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2024
18891741 COGNITIVE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH FEAR BASED ACTION/REACTION Intel Corporation CAIN, AARON G 3656 §102§103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue AI Ready Sep 20, 2024
18838905 CONFERENCE CALL SYSTEM WITH FEEDBACK Intel Corporation DANG, PHONG H 2184 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18657505 OUT-OF-SPECIFICATION DETECTION Intel Corporation DESTA, ELIAS 2857 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 07, 2024
18617942 AUTOMATED GENERATIVE AI BASED DIGITAL TWIN Intel Corporation SULTANA, NADIRA 2653 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18397531 MANAGEMENT OF TRUST METRICS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION Intel Corporation ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P 3662 §101§103 Non-Final OA 34d AI Ready Dec 27, 2023
18397142 SENSOR DATA VERIFICATION Intel Corporation KNOX, KALERIA 2857 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 27, 2023
18397441 HUMAN-COLLABORATIVE ROBOT ERGONOMIC INTERACTION SYSTEM Intel Corporation HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue AI Ready Dec 27, 2023
18572578 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES Intel Corporation KUNTZ, JEWEL A 3666 §103 Final Rejection — AI Ready Dec 20, 2023
18454487 MAGNETIC GROUNDING TECHNIQUES FOR CABLE SHIELDS Intel Corporation LE, THANH TAM T 2831 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 23, 2023
18358179 USE OF CUSTOMIZED FREQUENCY ROTATION FOR PUNCTURED CHANNELS Intel Corporation NG, CHRISTINE Y 2464 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2023
18216187 PROBABILISTIC AUTOCOMPLETE SYSTEM FOR ROBOT PROGRAMMING Intel Corporation VISCARRA, RICARDO I 3657 §103 Final Rejection 42d AI Ready Jun 29, 2023
18203097 OBJECT-AGNOSTIC FAST GRASPING-POINTS ESTIMATION VIA GEOMETRIC-ALGEBRA Intel Corporation PIERRE LOUIS, ANDRE §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2023
18146218 GEOGRAPHIC HEAT OR COLD DISTRIBUTION MODEL Intel Corporation SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM 2189 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2022
17957816 DETERMINING EXTERNAL DISPLAY ORIENTATION USING ULTRASOUND TIME OF FLIGHT Intel Corporation ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D 3645 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 30, 2022
17903278 ACOUSTIC NOISE SUPPRESSING HEAT EXCHANGERS Intel Corporation DRAVININKAS, ADAM B 2835 §103 Final Rejection 120d overdue AI Ready Sep 06, 2022
17856791 HOOK AND LOOP ATTACHMENT FOR RADIATION SHIELD AND HEAT SINK Intel Corporation VORTMAN, ANATOLY 2835 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue AI Ready Jul 01, 2022
17850536 CUMULATIVE LEARNING ROBOT EXECUTION PLAN GENERATION Intel Corporation DARWISH, AMIR ELSAYED 2199 §101§102 Non-Final OA 23d overdue AI Ready Jun 27, 2022
17699513 FAN ON PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD Intel Corporation SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN 2835 §103 Final Rejection 26d AI Ready Mar 21, 2022
17560070 HEAT PIPE WITH FIRST HEAT SOURCE ON FIRST SIDE AND SECOND HEAT SOURCE ON OPPOSITE SECOND SIDE Intel Corporation LING, FOR K. 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA 216d overdue AI Ready Dec 22, 2021
17485398 MICRO LED LASER RELEASE FROM SILICON WAFER Intel Corporation CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A 2815 §102§103 Final Rejection — AI Ready Sep 25, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Banner Witcoff (Intel)'s patent allowance rate?

92.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Banner Witcoff (Intel) were allowed, across 56,497 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Banner Witcoff (Intel) average before allowance?

2.25 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Banner Witcoff (Intel) have?

22 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 22 examiners in 18 art units.

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