Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
60 pending office actions • 31 clients • 60 examiners • 43 art units • 5 of 60 (8%) have an AI response strategy ready • 126 patents granted in the last 365 days
HOLZER PATEL DRENNAN operates in Computing & Software with 2807 career applications. The firm currently handles 50 pending office actions. The resolved allowance rate pct is 89.62, showing the proportion of its applications that successfully reach allowance. This history of 2807 applications provides a significant baseline for evaluating the firm's performance in the software sector.
The average office actions per allowance is 3.15. This figure indicates the typical number of office actions required to reach an allowance. With 2807 career applications and an 89.62 resolved allowance rate pct, the firm has an established record of performance. The average of 3.15 office actions per allowance provides a benchmark for the expected level of examiner interaction. The 50 pending office actions reflect the firm's steady level of ongoing prosecution.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 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. 19 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 + other | 14 (23%) |
| §103 only | 26 (43%) |
| §112 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 17 (28%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REYES, EDGAR | 1 | 37.0% | +29.4% |
| THOMAS, LUCY M | 1 | 62.4% | +17.9% |
| VANG, MENG | 1 | 78.2% | +26.9% |
| SAETHER, FLEMMING | 1 | 65.1% | +27.9% |
| BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M | 1 | 84.0% | +10.3% |
| THOMAS, ERIC M | 1 | 69.9% | +14.7% |
| VU, TAYLOR P | 1 | 69.4% | +8.4% |
| CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | 1 | 40.4% | +65.0% |
| ZADEH, BOB | 1 | 77.0% | +38.6% |
| SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 1 | 73.6% | +36.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18678058 | HYBRID DATABASE ARCHITECTURE FOR CUSTOM SCALE-OUT | ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S | 84d overdue |
| 18683177 | INTELLIGENT RESOURCE MONITORING AND TRACKING SYSTEM | SINGH, GURKANWALJIT | 60d overdue |
| 18670287 | ULTRA WIDE BAND AUGMENTED IMAGING FOR IMPROVED ENTITY IDENTIFICATION | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 17d overdue |
| 18472951 | SELECTIVE COMMUNICATION USING MULTIPLE SEPARATED POLARIZERS | JUNG, JONATHAN Y | 26d |
| 18318926 | HYBRID POLYMER/CRYSTAL PHOTOMECHANICAL MATERIALS | ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J | 56d |
| 19052193 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK FOR ION BEAM DEPOSITION SYSTEMS | THOMAS, LUCY M | — |
| 18989852 | COUPLING SYSTEM, WASHER AND METHOD OF COUPLING | SAETHER, FLEMMING | — |
| 18981056 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESTORING VIDEO | BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19315308 | INFERENTIAL SMART PET COLLAR | REYES, EDGAR | — |
| 19052193 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK FOR ION BEAM DEPOSITION SYSTEMS | THOMAS, LUCY M | — |
| 19013572 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA | VANG, MENG | — |
| 18989852 | COUPLING SYSTEM, WASHER AND METHOD OF COUPLING | SAETHER, FLEMMING | — |
| 18981056 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESTORING VIDEO | BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M | — |
| 18960417 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED GAME | THOMAS, ERIC M | — |
| 18857147 | MULTI-STAGE CULTURE METHODS FOR PRODUCING BIOMASS FROM FILAMNETOUS FUNGI | CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | — |
| 18903989 | FLIP-TO-FILL SCOOP | ZADEH, BOB | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 2 |
| 2195 | 2 |
| 2437 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 2666 | 1 |
| 2654 | 1 |
| 3678 | 1 |
| 2154 | 1 |
| 2485 | 1 |
| 2626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19315308 | INFERENTIAL SMART PET COLLAR | Ten To 100 Products, LLC | REYES, EDGAR | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19052193 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK FOR ION BEAM DEPOSITION SYSTEMS | VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC. | THOMAS, LUCY M | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| 19013572 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA | King.Com Limited | VANG, MENG | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 | |
| 18989852 | COUPLING SYSTEM, WASHER AND METHOD OF COUPLING | Rippleaffect Trust Limited | SAETHER, FLEMMING | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 | |
| 18981056 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESTORING VIDEO | Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology | BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 | |
| 18960417 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED GAME | King.Com Limited | THOMAS, ERIC M | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 | |
| 18932770 | AUTONOMOUS THREAT INVESTIGATION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | VU, TAYLOR P | 2437 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18857147 | MULTI-STAGE CULTURE METHODS FOR PRODUCING BIOMASS FROM FILAMNETOUS FUNGI | Terramino, Inc. | CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 | |
| 18903989 | FLIP-TO-FILL SCOOP | Flip To Fill LLC | ZADEH, BOB | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18901990 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING, COLLECTING, RELOCATING, AND ANALYZING MICROMETER- AND NANOMETER-SCALE PARTICLES | Wyonics LLC | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 | |
| 18850090 | PLANT-ONLY GUMS (3) REPLACEMENT SYSTEM IN FOOD PRODUCTS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF | The Live Green Group, Inc. | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| 18888080 | LAUNCH SYSTEM FOR LIGHTER-THAN-AIR-BALLOONS | Urban Sky | GORDON, ANNA L | 3642 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18792034 | GATED SPECTRAL STATE SPACE MODEL FOR IMAGE ENCODING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | VANCHY JR, MICHAEL J | 2666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18728806 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPID DESORPTION OF POLAR MOLECULE BEARING ADSORBENT MATERIAL USING RF ENERGY | Starfire Energy | EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 | |
| 18768934 | System and Method for Speech Language Identification | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | FOSTER JR., MICHAEL ALAN | 2654 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18726586 | BIOINSPIRED SKIRTED FOOTING AND ITS METHOD OF INSTALLATION | Unifytech Global, Inc. | TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J | 3678 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18716917 | A METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF MAGNESIUM METAL BY METALLOTHERMIC REDUCTION OF MAGNESIUM BEARING ORE AND CONDENSATIN OF LIQUID MAGNESIUM | Big Blue Technologies Inc. | WANG, NICHOLAS A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 | |
| 18732557 | ANKLE ARTHRODESIS USING RETROGRADE HINDFOOT NAIL | Mcginley Engineered Solutions, LLC | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 | |
| 18678058 | HYBRID DATABASE ARCHITECTURE FOR CUSTOM SCALE-OUT | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S | 2154 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 84d overdue | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18670287 | ULTRA WIDE BAND AUGMENTED IMAGING FOR IMPROVED ENTITY IDENTIFICATION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 2485 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18664629 | MINI-LED DISPLAY DCDC CONVERSION ALLOCATION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | KIYABU, KARIN A | 2626 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | AI Ready | May 15, 2024 |
| 18659862 | TEST ENVIRONMENT FOR URBAN HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTION | Avl List GmbH | BUI, HANH THI MINH | 2192 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18652420 | REQUEST THROTTLING IN MODEL-AS-A-SERVICE PLATFORM | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | RIGGINS, ARI FAITH COLEMA | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 | |
| 18639571 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODEL FINETUNING FOR CLINICAL WORKFLOWS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | BITAR, NANCY | 2664 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18622637 | TENSOR PROCESSING UNIT WITH CONFIGURABLE HARDWARE | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | BUI, KENNY KIM | 2182 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18621728 | CHUNK SYNTHESIS FOR RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION ASSISTANTS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | MITIKU, BERHANU | 2156 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18607856 | WEB BROWSER DECISION TASK ASSISTANT | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | LEE, ADAM | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 | |
| 18602209 | DETECTION AND EXTENSION OF PROXIMATE COMPUTE | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | TRUONG, DANIEL NHU | 2196 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18597633 | SCISSOR MECHANISM CLAMPING ASSEMBLY FOR A FILTER COMPARTMENT | Dualdraw, LLC | SHAO, PHILLIP Y | 1776 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18593509 | MINING COLLABORATION NETWORK SIGNALS TO GENERATE PROCESS OPTIMIZATION RECOMMENDATION USING AI | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | ABOUD, ABDULLAH KHALED | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 | |
| 18688322 | FLOW CYTOMETRY SYSTEM WITH APPLIED BACK PRESSURE TO WASTE FLOW | Sartorius Bioanalytical Instruments, Inc. | PHILLIPS, RUFUS L | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18686849 | MOISTURE ABSORBENT BRA | Milk Label Pty Ltd. | HUANG, GRACE | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18583434 | BIDIRECTIONAL PLATFORM FOR PROVIDING MULTI-TENANT SERVICES TO PRIVATE CUSTOMER ENDPOINTS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | NGUYEN, QUANG N | 2441 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18683177 | INTELLIGENT RESOURCE MONITORING AND TRACKING SYSTEM | Lewis Woolcott Pty Ltd. | SINGH, GURKANWALJIT | 3625 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18411823 | TRANSFORMER FOR CLASSIFICATION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | HERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRO | 2661 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | AI Ready | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18573907 | PEROXIDE-ENHANCED GERMICIDAL IRRADIATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF AIRBORNE AND SURFACE-ASSOCIATED CONTAMINANTS | The Regents of the University of Colorado | CHEN, CHANGRU | 1796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18390707 | SECURE REMOTE DESKTOP SESSION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | TRUVAN, LEYNNA THANH | 2435 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18527689 | BEAMFORMING ANTENNA ARRAYS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | KINCAID, LESTER G | 2649 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18519634 | PARALLEL PLATE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS FOR BATTERY THICKNESS MEASUREMENT | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | WILLIAMS, ARUN C | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 | |
| 18497093 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL EXPLANATION BUILDER | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | VIRREIRA, ROLANDO PATRICK | 4100 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18486648 | COMMUNICATION POLICY ENFORCEMENT USING A SECURE PLAINTEXT LABEL | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | LOUIE, HOWARD H | 2494 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18475074 | CONSTRAINT, RESOURCE, AND GOAL OPTIMIZED MOBILE CARE UNIT DISPATCHING | Dispatchhealth Management, LLC | SHELDEN, BION A | 3685 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18472951 | SELECTIVE COMMUNICATION USING MULTIPLE SEPARATED POLARIZERS | Evital LLC | JUNG, JONATHAN Y | 2871 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18468127 | COOLING BASED ON WORKLOAD PRIORITY LEVEL | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | RASHID, WISSAM | 2195 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | AI Ready | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18550091 | Energy Harvesting Device, System and Method of Manufacture | Katrick Technologies Limited | MIKAILOFF, STEFAN | 2834 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18334723 | System and Method for Token-based Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Utilization | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | NGUYEN, BRANDON A | 2195 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18334751 | TRANSMISSION POWER MANAGEMENT WITH PARAMETERIZED ASSIGNED CLASSIFICATION FILTERS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | MADANI, FARIDEH | 2643 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18332118 | FEATURE STORE DATA PREPARATION OPTIMIZATION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | BOLEN, NICHOLAS D | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
| 18323862 | PHONOLOGY-CENTRIC SEARCHING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | DUGDA, MULUGETA TUJI | 2653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 73d overdue | Pending | May 25, 2023 |
| 18321677 | CRYOGENIC TANK FOR STORING H2 IN LIQUID FORM | Aciturri Engineering S.L. | PETTITT, JOHN F | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18321342 | FLOW MANAGEMENT IN A HEAT-GENERATING DEVICE | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | BADERMAN, SCOTT T | 2118 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18318926 | HYBRID POLYMER/CRYSTAL PHOTOMECHANICAL MATERIALS | The Regents of the University of Colorado | ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J | 1737 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18251567 | WEARABLE DATA COLLECTION DEVICE WITH NON-INVASIVE SENSING | Sobr Safe, Inc. | MUSTANSIR, ABID A | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 03, 2023 |
| 18311672 | MODEL DRIFT MANAGEMENT IN A MACHINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 2128 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 03, 2023 |
| 18178387 | ADJUSTABLE ANKLE JOINT DISTRACTION DEVICE | Rk Innovations, LLC | NELSON, KERI JESSICA | 3786 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Mar 03, 2023 |
| 18022087 | Vaccine Compositions and Antibodies For Lyme Disease | Vitruviae LLC | RONEY, CELESTE A | 1612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Feb 17, 2023 |
| 35519679 | Light therapy device | Mito Red Light, Inc. | MELLIAR, WILLIAM B | 2934 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 341d overdue | Pending | Jan 22, 2023 |
| 17966637 | PROGRAM ACCELERATORS WITH MULTIDIMENSIONAL NESTED COMMAND STRUCTURES | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | SINGH, AMRESH | 2159 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | AI Ready | Oct 14, 2022 |
| 17805985 | Silicon-Sulfur-Polymer Based Composite Anodes For Lithium-Ion Batteries | Nohms Technologies, Inc. | MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK | 1752 | §103 | Final Rejection | 80d overdue | Pending | Jun 08, 2022 |
| 17627865 | IMPROVED SPORTING ARTICLES | Aerotec Power Pty Ltd | HUNTER, ALVIN A | 3711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 57d | Pending | Jan 18, 2022 |
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