Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Cic Consulting

11 pending office actions • 2 clients • 4 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
5
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
4
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
Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (4)

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 (9%)
8
Medium (73%)
2
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (9%)
§103 only8 (73%)
§112 only2 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
10
Information Tech
91% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
9% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 8 83.5% +9.2%
WERNER, DAVID N 1 67.7% +16.5%
CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J 1 75.5% +13.1%
ROBINSON, KYLE G 1 11.9% +16.7%

Quick Wins (8)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18964129 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 8d
19266175 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 19d
19255830 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 49d
19302723 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 53d
18964117 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 55d
19321332 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 62d
18964122 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 72d
18964113 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18361929 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING DATA IN INTELLIGENT PHARMACOVIGILANCE PLATFORM ROBINSON, KYLE G 14d

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18361929 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING DATA IN INTELLIGENT PHARMACOVIGILANCE PLATFORM ROBINSON, KYLE G 14d
19317151 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J 75d
19321331 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WERNER, DAVID N 79d

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
B1 Institute of Image Technology 10
SELTA SQUARE CO., LTD. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24888
24871
24251
36851

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19321332 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS B1 Institute of Image Technology, Inc. WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Sep 08, 2025
19321331 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS B1 Institute of Image Technology, Inc. WERNER, DAVID N 2487 §103 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Sep 08, 2025
19317151 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS B1 Institute of Image Technology, Inc. CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J 2425 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Sep 03, 2025
19302723 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS B1 Institute of Image Technology, Inc. WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §103 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Aug 18, 2025
19266175 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS B1 Institute of Image Technology, Inc. WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jul 11, 2025
19255830 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS B1 Institute of Image Technology, Inc. WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §103 Final Rejection 49d Pending Jun 30, 2025
18964117 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS B1 Institute of Image Technology, Inc. WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Nov 29, 2024
18964129 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS B1 Institute of Image Technology, Inc. WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Nov 29, 2024
18964122 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS B1 Institute of Image Technology, Inc. WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Nov 29, 2024
18964113 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS B1 Institute of Image Technology, Inc. WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 29, 2024
18361929 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING DATA IN INTELLIGENT PHARMACOVIGILANCE PLATFORM Selta Square Co., Ltd. ROBINSON, KYLE G 3685 §101 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 31, 2023

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