Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 2 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
MOORE & VAN ALLEN PLLC for ELECTROLUX has managed 60 career applications in the Computing & Software technology area. The firm has secured a resolved allowance rate of 93.75 percent, demonstrating its results in obtaining patent grants for this client. This track record highlights the firm's proficiency in navigating the challenges of software-related patent prosecution.
Prosecution efficiency is shown by an average of 2.8 office actions per allowance. Currently, the firm is handling 5 pending office actions, continuing its work on the foundation of its 60 career applications. These 5 active cases provide a current look at how the firm maintains its 93.75 percent allowance rate through ongoing examiner interactions.
The 93.75 percent allowance rate and 2.8 office actions per allowance provide clear performance benchmarks. Practitioners can use these data points to evaluate the firm's effectiveness and speed in navigating the patent office's requirements for Computing & Software innovations. The data indicates a successful prosecution strategy for this specific client and technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (80%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALI, WAQAAS A | 1 | 81.1% | +17.8% |
| BARNETT, JOEL | 1 | 80.4% | +11.3% |
| LING, CHHIAN | 1 | 87.2% | +25.6% |
| MUI, WEI YUN | 1 | 57.4% | +41.7% |
| KIM, JONATHAN C | 1 | 73.6% | +38.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18838754 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | BARNETT, JOEL | 12d |
| 18579910 | A METHOD FOR MANAGING INTERNET CONNECTION OF AN APPLIANCE | LING, CHHIAN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18899978 | MECHANICAL INTERLOCK SYSTEM FOR A FILTER | ALI, WAQAAS A | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18838754 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | BARNETT, JOEL | 12d |
| 18569715 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE WITH IMPROVED FIRMWARE UPDATE | MUI, WEI YUN | 16d |
| 18899978 | MECHANICAL INTERLOCK SYSTEM FOR A FILTER | ALI, WAQAAS A | — |
| 18579910 | A METHOD FOR MANAGING INTERNET CONNECTION OF AN APPLIANCE | LING, CHHIAN | — |
| 18035681 | SYSTEM FOR COMPUTING NETWORK-INDEPENDENT APPLIANCE CONTROL USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND USER FEEDBACK | KIM, JONATHAN C | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Electrolux | 4 |
| Electrolux Consumer Products, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1777 | 1 |
| 2849 | 1 |
| 2446 | 1 |
| 2191 | 1 |
| 2655 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18899978 | MECHANICAL INTERLOCK SYSTEM FOR A FILTER | Electrolux Consumer Products, Inc. | ALI, WAQAAS A | 1777 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18838754 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag | BARNETT, JOEL | 2849 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18579910 | A METHOD FOR MANAGING INTERNET CONNECTION OF AN APPLIANCE | Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag | LING, CHHIAN | 2446 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18569715 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE WITH IMPROVED FIRMWARE UPDATE | Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag | MUI, WEI YUN | 2191 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18035681 | SYSTEM FOR COMPUTING NETWORK-INDEPENDENT APPLIANCE CONTROL USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND USER FEEDBACK | Electrolux Home Products, Inc. | KIM, JONATHAN C | 2655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
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