Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Bcf LLP (Yandex)

8 pending office actions • 4 clients • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
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.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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 (6)Due later (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.

1
Hard (12%)
7
Medium (88%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (12%)
§103 only6 (75%)
§102 only1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
12% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
62% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HALE, BROOKS T 1 48.6% +31.4%
MUSTAFA, IMRAN K 1 60.2% +16.2%
WILLIS, AMANDA LYNN 1 35.6% +26.4%
STERLING, AMY JO 1 76.5% +10.6%
LI, HELEN 1 66.7% +15.6%
VORTMAN, ANATOLY 1 69.8% +13.7%
FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. 1 24.7% +24.4%
WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID 1 0.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18086615 LIDAR SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF CALIBRATING THE LIDAR SYSTEM WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID 43d overdue
18523334 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING DIGITAL ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. 22d overdue

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18974147 SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF TRAINING A MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS FOR SEARCH RESULTS RANKING WILLIS, AMANDA LYNN 131d overdue
18523334 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING DIGITAL ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. 22d overdue
18982649 METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A TRAJECTORY FOR A VEHICLE MUSTAFA, IMRAN K 16d overdue
18774353 METHOD AND A SYSTEM OF DETERMINING A TRAJECTORY FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE LI, HELEN 16d overdue
18910724 HOLDER FOR A HANDHELD DEVICE STERLING, AMY JO 4d overdue
18630483 ROBOTIC VEHICLE FOR DELIVERING ITEMS VORTMAN, ANATOLY 71d
19017204 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANKING SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS HALE, BROOKS T 82d

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21661
36681
21561
36311
36651
28351
36891
36451

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19017204 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANKING SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS Y.E. Hub Armenia LLC HALE, BROOKS T 2166 §103 Final Rejection 82d Pending Jan 10, 2025
18982649 METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A TRAJECTORY FOR A VEHICLE Y.E. Hub Armenia LLC MUSTAFA, IMRAN K 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2024
18974147 SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF TRAINING A MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS FOR SEARCH RESULTS RANKING Y.E. Hub Armenia LLC WILLIS, AMANDA LYNN 2156 §103 Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2024
18910724 HOLDER FOR A HANDHELD DEVICE Wind Mobility Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. STERLING, AMY JO 3631 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2024
18774353 METHOD AND A SYSTEM OF DETERMINING A TRAJECTORY FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE Direct Cursus Technology L.L.C LI, HELEN 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jul 16, 2024
18630483 ROBOTIC VEHICLE FOR DELIVERING ITEMS Direct Cursus Technology L.L.C VORTMAN, ANATOLY 2835 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Apr 09, 2024
18523334 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING DIGITAL ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS Direct Cursus Technology L.L.C FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. 3689 §101 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18086615 LIDAR SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF CALIBRATING THE LIDAR SYSTEM Yandex Self Driving Group LLC WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2022

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