Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Banner Witcoff (Intel)

19 pending office actions • 1 client • 19 examiners • 12 art units • 11 of 19 (58%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=55807 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.0%
Allowance Rate
n=55807
+0.48σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=55807
2.3
OAs to Allowance
n=44249
-0.88σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=44249
934 days
Time to Allowance
n=44249
+0.2pp
Interview Lift
n=55807
20.0%
RCE Rate
n=55807
1.9%
Appeal Rate
n=55807

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

79.4%
§101 Overcome
n=4107
83.8%
§102 Overcome
n=10678
83.5%
§103 Overcome
n=18192
85.2%
§112 Overcome
n=10661

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=55807
56
Practitioners
n=55807
996.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=55807

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

10
Hard (53%)
9
Medium (47%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other2 (11%)
§103 only9 (47%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (37%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
21% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
4
Semiconductors
21% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
37% of docket
3
Business / Other
16% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KERRIGAN, MICHAEL V 1 87.0% +9.4%
CAIN, AARON G 1 43.0% +29.3%
DANG, PHONG H 1 80.8% +10.6%
SULTANA, NADIRA 1 73.1% +33.7%
ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P 1 42.7% +25.8%
KUNTZ, JEWEL A 1 73.1% +12.6%
TRAN, THANG DUC 1 76.1% +23.0%
DUONG, THO V 1 67.0% +17.2%
MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH 1 57.9% +75.8%
BUI, KENNY KIM 1 63.2% +42.0%

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
19097189 ROAD HAZARD COMMUNICATION KERRIGAN, MICHAEL V
18838905 CONFERENCE CALL SYSTEM WITH FEEDBACK DANG, PHONG H

Hard Cases (10)

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
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
18617942 AUTOMATED GENERATIVE AI BASED DIGITAL TWIN SULTANA, NADIRA
18572038 DYNAMIC CONTROL OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR VULNERABLE USERS TRAN, THANG DUC
18344526 COLLABORATIVE HUMAN-ROBOT ERROR CORRECTION AND FACILITATION MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH
18147099 FLEXIBLE VECTORIZED PROCESSING ARCHITECTURE BUI, KENNY KIM

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18345597 VARIABLE HEAT PIPE THICKNESS AND DIAMETER FOR DIRECT HEAT PIPE ATTACHMENT AND IMPROVED THERMAL MANAGEMENT DUONG, THO V 73d 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
18838905 CONFERENCE CALL SYSTEM WITH FEEDBACK DANG, PHONG H
18617942 AUTOMATED GENERATIVE AI BASED DIGITAL TWIN SULTANA, NADIRA
18572578 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES KUNTZ, JEWEL A
18572038 DYNAMIC CONTROL OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR VULNERABLE USERS TRAN, THANG DUC
18344526 COLLABORATIVE HUMAN-ROBOT ERROR CORRECTION AND FACILITATION MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Intel 19

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36562
37632
28992
28352
26531
36621
36661
24241
36451
21171

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19097189 ROAD HAZARD COMMUNICATION Intel Corporation KERRIGAN, MICHAEL V §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2025
18891741 COGNITIVE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH FEAR BASED ACTION/REACTION Intel Corporation CAIN, AARON G 3656 §102§103 Final Rejection 17d overdue AI Ready Sep 20, 2024
18838905 CONFERENCE CALL SYSTEM WITH FEEDBACK Intel Corporation DANG, PHONG H §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18617942 AUTOMATED GENERATIVE AI BASED DIGITAL TWIN Intel Corporation SULTANA, NADIRA 2653 §101 Final Rejection 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
18572578 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES Intel Corporation KUNTZ, JEWEL A 3666 §103 Final Rejection AI Ready Dec 20, 2023
18572038 DYNAMIC CONTROL OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR VULNERABLE USERS Intel Corporation TRAN, THANG DUC 2424 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2023
18345597 VARIABLE HEAT PIPE THICKNESS AND DIAMETER FOR DIRECT HEAT PIPE ATTACHMENT AND IMPROVED THERMAL MANAGEMENT Intel Corporation DUONG, THO V 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue AI Ready Jun 30, 2023
18344526 COLLABORATIVE HUMAN-ROBOT ERROR CORRECTION AND FACILITATION Intel Corporation MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH 3656 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 29, 2023
18147099 FLEXIBLE VECTORIZED PROCESSING ARCHITECTURE Intel Corporation BUI, KENNY KIM §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 28, 2022
17957816 DETERMINING EXTERNAL DISPLAY ORIENTATION USING ULTRASOUND TIME OF FLIGHT Intel Corporation ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D 3645 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2022
17956486 LOW-COST SURFACE MOUNT EMI GASKETS Intel Corporation PALANISWAMY, KRISHNA JAYANTHI 2899 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 29, 2022
17953539 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL LOOP Intel Corporation EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E 2117 §103 Non-Final OA AI Ready Sep 27, 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
17854664 GENERATING A SHARED VIRTUAL RESOURCE POOL Intel Corporation LIN, HSING CHUN 2195 §103§112 Non-Final OA AI Ready Jun 30, 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
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
17542113 FOLDABLE LOW POWER DISPLAYS Intel Corporation YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI 2899 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue AI Ready Dec 03, 2021

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