Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
38 pending office actions • 2 clients • 35 examiners • 27 art units • 13 of 38 (34%) have an AI response strategy ready • 64 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 38 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. 38 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 only | 3 (8%) |
| §103 only | 21 (55%) |
| §102 only | 4 (11%) |
| §112 only | 2 (5%) |
| No statute on record | 8 (21%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUANG, FRANK F | 4 | 75.6% | +15.9% |
| LI, TRACY Y | 1 | 80.3% | +16.9% |
| HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q | 1 | 67.9% | +12.6% |
| JEAN BAPTISTE, JERRY T | 1 | 87.5% | -27.7% |
| WONG, ALLEN C | 1 | 83.2% | +11.7% |
| SUN, YULIN | 1 | 80.5% | +15.2% |
| LE, PETER D | 1 | 80.2% | +16.8% |
| PONTIUS, JAMES M | 1 | 78.5% | +10.0% |
| NOH, JAE NAM | 1 | 85.8% | -9.8% |
| PRIFTI, AUREL | 1 | 83.0% | +22.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19025888 | CONTENT ADAPTIVE DEBLOCKING DURING VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING | LE, PETER D | 10d overdue |
| 19023863 | CONTROL AND USE OF CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER VALUES | SUN, YULIN | 14d |
| 18755129 | DATA LINK RECEIVER CALIBRATION | PRIFTI, AUREL | 34d |
| 19061730 | CODED-BLOCK-FLAG CODING AND DERIVATION | LI, TRACY Y | 40d |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18382331 | PRODUCING CALIBRATED CONFIDENCE ESTIMATES FOR OPEN-ENDED ANSWERS BY GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS | HOQUE, NAFIZ E | 147d overdue |
| 18143430 | LEARNING GRAPH REPRESENTATIONS USING HIERARCHICAL TRANSFORMERS FOR CONTENT RECOMMENDATION | CHUANG, SU-TING | 55d |
| 18493762 | AUTOMATED DATA STRUCTURES FOR GOAL MANAGEMENT | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | 83d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18875595 | NEURAL NETWORK CODEC WITH HYBRID ENTROPY MODEL AND FLEXIBLE QUANTIZATION | PONTIUS, JAMES M | 44d overdue |
| 19026937 | SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS FOR BUFFERING INFORMATION TO SIMPLIFY VIDEO SPLICING | HUANG, FRANK F | 31d overdue |
| 19026979 | SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS FOR BUFFERING INFORMATION TO SIMPLIFY VIDEO SPLICING | HUANG, FRANK F | 31d overdue |
| 19027058 | SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS FOR BUFFERING INFORMATION TO SIMPLIFY VIDEO SPLICING | HUANG, FRANK F | 19d overdue |
| 19027105 | SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS FOR BUFFERING INFORMATION TO SIMPLIFY VIDEO SPLICING | HUANG, FRANK F | 15d overdue |
| 19025888 | CONTENT ADAPTIVE DEBLOCKING DURING VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING | LE, PETER D | 10d overdue |
| 19027659 | FLEXIBLE REFERENCE PICTURE MANAGEMENT FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING | WONG, ALLEN C | 8d overdue |
| 19040643 | ASSERTING AND ESTABLISHING PROVENANCE OF MEDIA CONTENT DURING LIVE STREAMING | HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q | 1d overdue |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Microsoft | 37 |
| Nautilus, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2485 | 5 |
| 2488 | 3 |
| 2425 | 2 |
| 2481 | 2 |
| 2896 | 2 |
| 1713 | 2 |
| 2662 | 2 |
| 2487 | 1 |
| 2175 | 1 |
| 2694 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19061730 | CODED-BLOCK-FLAG CODING AND DERIVATION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | LI, TRACY Y | 2487 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | AI Ready | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19040643 | ASSERTING AND ESTABLISHING PROVENANCE OF MEDIA CONTENT DURING LIVE STREAMING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q | 2425 | Other | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | AI Ready | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19026937 | SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS FOR BUFFERING INFORMATION TO SIMPLIFY VIDEO SPLICING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | HUANG, FRANK F | 2485 | Other | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19027058 | SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS FOR BUFFERING INFORMATION TO SIMPLIFY VIDEO SPLICING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | HUANG, FRANK F | 2485 | Other | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19028032 | FEATURES OF INTRA BLOCK COPY PREDICTION MODE FOR VIDEO AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | JEAN BAPTISTE, JERRY T | 2481 | Other | Non-Final OA | 19d | AI Ready | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19027105 | SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS FOR BUFFERING INFORMATION TO SIMPLIFY VIDEO SPLICING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | HUANG, FRANK F | 2485 | Other | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19027659 | FLEXIBLE REFERENCE PICTURE MANAGEMENT FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | WONG, ALLEN C | 2488 | Other | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19026979 | SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS FOR BUFFERING INFORMATION TO SIMPLIFY VIDEO SPLICING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | HUANG, FRANK F | 2485 | Other | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19023863 | CONTROL AND USE OF CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER VALUES | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | SUN, YULIN | 2485 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19025888 | CONTENT ADAPTIVE DEBLOCKING DURING VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | LE, PETER D | 2488 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | AI Ready | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18875595 | NEURAL NETWORK CODEC WITH HYBRID ENTROPY MODEL AND FLEXIBLE QUANTIZATION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | PONTIUS, JAMES M | 2488 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | AI Ready | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18808958 | SELECTION OF MOTION VECTOR PRECISION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | NOH, JAE NAM | 2481 | Other | Non-Final OA | 53d overdue | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18755129 | DATA LINK RECEIVER CALIBRATION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | PRIFTI, AUREL | 2175 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18755269 | MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR ADAPTIVE POST-PROCESSING USING RESULTS OF SEGMENTATION IN CONFERENCING TOOLS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | TIEU, BINH KIEN | 2694 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18673084 | SEMICONDUCTOR-SUPERCONDUCTOR HYBRID DEVICE AND ITS FABRICATION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | PATERSON, BRIGITTE A | 2896 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 88d overdue | AI Ready | May 23, 2024 |
| 18709461 | ETCHANT AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY ETCHING TITANIUM DIOXIDE | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | AHMED, SHAMIM | 1713 | §103 | Final Rejection | 131d overdue | AI Ready | May 10, 2024 |
| 18614628 | ENCODING A BINARY IMAGE | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | SHEN, QUN | 2662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | AI Ready | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18591454 | INTERLEAVING OPERATIONS AT A STREAMING CLIENT IN ULTRA-LOW LATENCY STREAMING OF REAL-TIME MEDIA | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | ELFERVIG, TAYLOR A | 2445 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | AI Ready | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18433267 | OFFLOADING A CPU-BASED AUDIO PUMP AND PROCESSING TO AN AUDIO CO-PROCESSOR | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH | 2692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18421830 | SEMICONDUCTOR-SUPERCONDUCTOR HYBRID DEVICE, ITS MANUFACTURE AND USES | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | KIM, JAY C | 2815 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18538694 | PROMPT AUTO-GENERATION FOR AI ASSISTANT BASED ON SCREEN UNDERSTANDING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | HAILU, TADESSE | 2174 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | AI Ready | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18525681 | RECOVERING AN OVERLAY OVER VIDEO WHEN USING SCREEN SHARING WITH CHROMA SUBSAMPLING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | CREARY, LATRELL ANTHONY | 2613 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18493762 | AUTOMATED DATA STRUCTURES FOR GOAL MANAGEMENT | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | 3624 | §101 | Final Rejection | 83d | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18382331 | PRODUCING CALIBRATED CONFIDENCE ESTIMATES FOR OPEN-ENDED ANSWERS BY GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | HOQUE, NAFIZ E | 2693 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18209421 | SAMPLING OPERATIONS IN A COMPUTER VISION TOOL TO REGULATE DOWNSTREAM TASKS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | KIM, SEHWAN | 2129 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 32d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18209374 | OBJECT TRACKING WITH SHOT TRANSITION DETECTION AND DYNAMIC QUEUE RESIZING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | OMETZ, RACHEL ANNE | 2668 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18039202 | METHOD OF FORMING A THIN FILM | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | ABDELAZIEZ, YASSER A | 2898 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18313286 | QUANTUM COMPUTING DEVICES WITH MAJORANA HEXON QUBITS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | BALDWIN, RANDALL KERN | 2125 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
| 18252032 | METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY ETCHING A METAL COMPONENT | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. | 1713 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
| 18143430 | LEARNING GRAPH REPRESENTATIONS USING HIERARCHICAL TRANSFORMERS FOR CONTENT RECOMMENDATION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | CHUANG, SU-TING | 2146 | §101 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
| 18044780 | METHOD OF PATTERNING A LAYER OF SUPERCONDUCTOR MATERIAL | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | PARENDO, KEVIN A | 2896 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Mar 09, 2023 |
| 18095394 | ADAPTIVE WEIGHT PRESCRIPTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESISTANCE TRAINING | Nautilus, Inc. | JIMENEZ, LOAN B | 3784 | §102 | Final Rejection | 99d overdue | Pending | Jan 10, 2023 |
| 18078402 | INTEGRATING MODEL REUSE WITH MODEL RETRAINING FOR VIDEO ANALYTICS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | GOEBEL, EMMA ROSE | 2662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 79d overdue | AI Ready | Dec 09, 2022 |
| 17845063 | ACCELERATED TRANSFER LEARNING AS A SERVICE FOR NEURAL NETWORKS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | RYLANDER, BART I | 2124 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 120d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2022 |
| 17756815 | SEMICONDUCTOR-FERROMAGNETIC INSULATOR-SUPERCONDUCTOR HYBRID DEVICES | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Jun 02, 2022 |
| 17693056 | VIDEO STREAM REFINEMENT FOR DYNAMIC SCENES | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | CADEAU, WEDNEL | 2632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 32d overdue | AI Ready | Mar 11, 2022 |
| 17597838 | BEAM COLLIMATION TOOL | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | MELLOTT, JAMES M | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Jan 25, 2022 |
| 17552295 | FEATURES OF RANGE ASYMMETRIC NUMBER SYSTEM ENCODING AND DECODING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | HODGES, SUSAN E | 2425 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 52d overdue | AI Ready | Dec 15, 2021 |
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