Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
69 pending office actions • 33 clients • 68 examiners • 44 art units • 0 of 69 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Setter Roche Smith & Shellenberger LLP operates in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has processed 2770 career applications, maintaining a resolved allowance rate pct of 87.31. Currently, the firm is handling 53 pending office actions. The 2770 career applications show a consistent history of filings across these mechanical and e-commerce sectors.
The average office actions per allowance for this firm is 3.49. This prosecution metric is relevant for practitioners assessing the effort required to reach an allowance in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area. The 87.31 resolved allowance rate pct indicates the track record of securing patent rights. With 53 pending office actions, the firm remains actively engaged in the examination process. These data points offer a clear picture of the firm's experience and efficiency in its primary technical fields.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 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. 13 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 | 4 (6%) |
| §101 + other | 11 (16%) |
| §103 only | 23 (33%) |
| §102 only | 2 (3%) |
| §112 only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 22 (32%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, KEVIN Y | 2 | 78.2% | +15.9% |
| GADOMSKI, STEFAN J | 1 | 77.0% | +6.9% |
| BERTRAM, RYAN | 1 | 88.4% | +4.3% |
| PICON-FELICIANO, ANA J | 1 | 69.7% | +20.9% |
| WHALEN, MICHAEL F | 1 | 64.8% | +18.8% |
| WINDER, PATRICE L | 1 | 86.9% | +11.4% |
| TRAN, SARAH ASHLEY | 1 | 68.8% | +20.3% |
| WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH | 1 | 72.0% | +21.6% |
| NGUY, CHI D | 1 | 75.3% | +15.8% |
| CHANG, EDWARD | 1 | 63.1% | +32.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19220386 | FOUNDATIONAL MACHINE LEARNING MODEL APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) SECURITY | WINDER, PATRICE L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18373105 | DYNAMIC DATA RESAMPLING BASED ON MEDICAL RELEVANCE | SASS, KIMBERLY A. | 58d overdue |
| 18834933 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES | GOODBODY, JOAN T | 19d overdue |
| 18785766 | Data Exfiltration Monitoring Using Semantic Queries | ABYANEH, ALI S | 19d overdue |
| 18132325 | SENSOR READING CORRECTION | FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L | 2d overdue |
| 17433203 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TARGETS FOR PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (PVD) | BERMAN, JASON | 2d overdue |
| 19328309 | Unmanned Aerial Image Capture Platform | GADOMSKI, STEFAN J | — |
| 19302157 | Identification Of Storage Backends To Higher-Level Processes To Perform Storage Volume Management | BERTRAM, RYAN | — |
| 19073827 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE FOR ENHANCED RISK ASSESSMENT | SINGH, GURKANWALJIT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19274833 | Object Tracking By An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Using Visual Sensors | PICON-FELICIANO, ANA J | — |
| 19246129 | Task Management For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | WHALEN, MICHAEL F | — |
| 19220386 | FOUNDATIONAL MACHINE LEARNING MODEL APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) SECURITY | WINDER, PATRICE L | — |
| 19214761 | WEARABLE DATA COLLECTION DEVICE FOR TRAINING ROBOTIC SYSTEMS | TRAN, SARAH ASHLEY | — |
| 19214820 | PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS FOR WEARABLE ROBOTIC TRAINING DEVICES | WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH | — |
| 19208901 | HYPERCONTAINER SYSTEM | NGUY, CHI D | — |
| 19096690 | COMPARATIVE SEARCHING IN A REAL ESTATE SEARCH ENGINE | CHANG, EDWARD | — |
| 18889029 | LOCATION BASED RESTRICTIONS ON NETWORKED GAMING | KIM, KEVIN Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3622 | 2 |
| 2199 | 2 |
| 2485 | 1 |
| 2482 | 1 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 2132 | 1 |
| 2447 | 1 |
| 2113 | 1 |
| 2431 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19328309 | Unmanned Aerial Image Capture Platform | Skydio, Inc. | GADOMSKI, STEFAN J | 2485 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19302157 | Identification Of Storage Backends To Higher-Level Processes To Perform Storage Volume Management | Netapp, Inc. | BERTRAM, RYAN | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 | |
| 19274833 | Object Tracking By An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Using Visual Sensors | Skydio, Inc. | PICON-FELICIANO, ANA J | 2482 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19246129 | Task Management For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | Skydio, Inc. | WHALEN, MICHAEL F | 3661 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19220386 | FOUNDATIONAL MACHINE LEARNING MODEL APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) SECURITY | Cequence Security, Inc. | WINDER, PATRICE L | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 | |
| 19214761 | WEARABLE DATA COLLECTION DEVICE FOR TRAINING ROBOTIC SYSTEMS | Sunday Robotics, Inc. | TRAN, SARAH ASHLEY | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 | |
| 19214820 | PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS FOR WEARABLE ROBOTIC TRAINING DEVICES | Sunday Robotics, Inc. | WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 | |
| 19208901 | HYPERCONTAINER SYSTEM | Purecipher Inc. | NGUY, CHI D | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 | |
| 19096690 | COMPARATIVE SEARCHING IN A REAL ESTATE SEARCH ENGINE | R.E. Data Lab Inc. | CHANG, EDWARD | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| 19075111 | DYNAMIC SERVER REBALANCING | Liqid Inc. | SUN, SCOTT C | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| 19073827 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE FOR ENHANCED RISK ASSESSMENT | Alessa Inc. | SINGH, GURKANWALJIT | 3625 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19066396 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE WITH CONFIGURABLE POLICY-BASED STORAGE DEVICE BEHAVIOR | Gaea LLC | DUDEK JR, EDWARD J | 2132 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19057550 | Scanner Utilizing Beam Computed Tomography And Antiscatter Grid | The Regents of the University of Colorado | KIM, KIHO | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 | |
| 19010961 | Data Transfer Management For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | Skydio, Inc. | NGUYEN, LINH T | 2447 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18980516 | Cross-Shelf Data Replication | Netapp, Inc. | MCNAMARA, SEAN KEVIN | 2113 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18967060 | DOMAIN REPUTATION SYSTEM | Cequence Security, Inc. | ABDULLAH, SAAD AHMAD | 2431 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18924266 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL STORAGE AND PROTECTION SYSTEM | Ip/Austria Assets Trust | PANG, ROGER L | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 | |
| 18919775 | Automated Application Detection And Storage Savings Based On Intelligent Workload Characterization | Netapp, Inc. | GIARDINO JR, MARK A | 2135 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18897976 | Fan Control Setting Generation Using Machine Learning | Netapp, Inc. | CAIN, ZACHARY ANDREW | 2116 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18895741 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RENDERING SCENES WITH OBJECT-COMPOSABLE NERFS | Embodied Intelligence Inc. | DEPALMA, CAROLINE ELIZABETH | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 | |
| 18893257 | SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AGENT THAT LEVERAGES APPLICATION BEHAVIORAL MODELS | AppLand Inc. | LEE, MARINA | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 | |
| 18889829 | SMART MAPPING DISPLAY ADJUSTMENT | Quantarium Group, LLC | MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 | |
| 18889029 | LOCATION BASED RESTRICTIONS ON NETWORKED GAMING | AG 18, LLC | KIM, KEVIN Y | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 | |
| 18826810 | SENSOR LAYOUT IN A MAGNETOMETER SYSTEM | Fieldline Inc. | ISLA, RICHARD | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18843777 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING SHEET METAL PARTS TO FORM LAMINATION STACKS, AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD | Voestalpine Automotive Components Dettingen GmbH & Co. Kg | MCNALLY, DANIEL | 1746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18823900 | THREE DIMENSIONAL MAPPING | Quantarium Group, LLC | NGUYEN, PHU K | 2616 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18799034 | Data Storage System Drive Utilization | Netapp, Inc. | KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R | 2114 | §103 | Final Rejection | 103d overdue | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18834933 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES | Fisker Inc. | GOODBODY, JOAN T | 3664 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18787306 | Systems And Methods For Resource Lifecyle Management | Netapp, Inc. | LIN, HSING CHUN | 2195 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18785537 | Ransomware Detecting Using Decoy Files | Netapp, Inc. | LIU, ZHE | 2493 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18785766 | Data Exfiltration Monitoring Using Semantic Queries | Netapp, Inc. | ABYANEH, ALI S | 2437 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18785888 | Data Exfiltration Monitoring Using Hash Values | Netapp, Inc. | HERZOG, MADHURI R | 2438 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18771296 | APPRAISAL ENGINE(S) FOR PROPERTY VALUATION BASED ON COMPARABLE PROPERTIES | Quantarium Group, LLC | MOORE, DUANE NEIL | 3628 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18767194 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Rooftop Inspection System | Skydio, Inc. | CASS, JEAN PAUL | 3666 | DP | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18762809 | Ground Control Point Center Determination | Skydio, Inc. | THIRUGNANAM, GANDHI | 2668 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18740944 | Hybrid Model Of Fine-Grained Locking And Data Partitioning | Netapp, Inc. | ELLIS, MATTHEW J | 2152 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18741140 | Policy Enforcement And Performance Monitoring At Sub-Lun Granularity | Netapp, Inc. | AQUINO, WYNUEL S | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 | |
| 18736099 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Inspection System | Skydio, Inc. | TRAN, DALENA | 3657 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18710378 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF AT LEAST METALLIC IRON IN SPONGE IRON - OR A SAMPLE THEREOF - THAT IS PRODUCED BY DIRECT REDUCTION FROM IRON ORE | Voestalpine Stahl GmbH | DESTA, ELIAS | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 | |
| 18708946 | COMPOSITION | Inovyn Europe Limited | EASHOO, MARK | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 | |
| 18640887 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARTIFICALLY ADJUSTING EFFECTIVE ALTITUDE | Altitude Control Technology LLC | TOICH, SARA KATHERINE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 | |
| 18600500 | ROTATABLE VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM POWERED BY A MOTOR HAVING A FLEXIBLE CONNECTION TO THE DISPLAY SYSTEM | Fisker Inc. | DANG, HUNG Q | 2484 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18688219 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A BATTERY SYSTEM | Elringklinger AG | MURATA, AUSTIN | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 | |
| 18588396 | CONNECTED TV OUT-OF-HOME CONTEXTUALIZED ADVERTISING | Atmosphere.tv | DURAN, ARTHUR D | 3622 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18588394 | DYNAMIC DISPLAY OF USER CONTENT | Atmosphere.tv | MENGESHA, MULUGETA A | 2424 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18293258 | Dynamic Assessment Of Airway Deformation | The Regents of the University of Colorado | AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH | 2671 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18421243 | RESOLUTION OF CODEBASE COMPLICATIONS VIA FOUNDATION MODEL INTEGRATION | AppLand Inc. | GOORAY, MARK A | 2199 | §103 | Final Rejection | 66d overdue | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18409946 | MODULAR MAGNETICALLY SHIELDED ROOM | Fieldline Inc. | GLESSNER, BRIAN E | 3633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18576885 | Active Balancer | Imasen Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | ST CYR, DANIEL | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 | |
| 18535539 | MULTIMODAL ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC SENSOR | Fieldline Inc. | MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18524441 | BUILDING AND EXECUTING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS VIA A NO-CODE TOOLKIT | Nextworld, LLC | COLE, BRANDON S | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 | |
| 18565452 | CONTROL DEVICE OF A BATTERY STORE | Elringklinger AG | DJANAL-MANN, DOMINIQUE JOHANN | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 | |
| 18504580 | LOUNGE MODE FOR A VEHICLE PASSENGER SEAT | Fisker Inc. | PAPE, JOSEPH | 3612 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18482135 | Control Method for an HV Contactor in a Battery Storage Device and Control Unit for the Implementation Thereof | Elringklinger AG Of Germany | HENZE, DAVID V | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 | |
| 18373105 | DYNAMIC DATA RESAMPLING BASED ON MEDICAL RELEVANCE | Eye To Eye Telehealth, Inc. | SASS, KIMBERLY A. | 3686 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 58d overdue | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18552110 | THREE DIMENSIONAL LITHIUM ANODE WITH A CAPPING LAYER | Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon | SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | 1749 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18315935 | ADAPTIVE DENSITY ESTIMATION WITH MULTI-LAYERED HISTOGRAMS | Data Culpa, Inc. | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 11, 2023 | |
| 18311760 | CONTINUOUS AD PROXY | Atmosphere.tv | POUNCIL, DARNELL A | 3622 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2023 |
| 18248302 | PLATE MADE OF A ROLLED ALUMINUM ALLOY AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID PLATE | Amag Rolling GmbH | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Apr 07, 2023 |
| 18132325 | SENSOR READING CORRECTION | Aquatic Informatics ULC | FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Apr 07, 2023 |
| 18124493 | Hybrid Link Adaptation For Improved Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communication | Skydio, Inc. | WASEL, SHIMA MOHAMED | 2475 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
| 18176108 | HORTICULTURE LIGHT AND GROW SYSTEM | Vigil Tech, Inc. | BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA | 2187 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 18170383 | FAST TRAINING FOR A DATA PIPELINE MONITORING SYSTEM | Data Culpa, Inc. | LEY, SALLY THI | 2100 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
| 18153219 | SOFTWARE SECURITY DISCOVERY | Apilyze, Inc. | KONG, ALAN LINGQIAN | 2494 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2023 |
| 17882321 | AD PROXY SERVICE | Atmosphere.tv | REFAI, SAM M | 3621 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2022 |
| 17738517 | LOCATION-BASED ASSET EFFICIENCY DETERMINATION | Skydio, Inc. | NGUYEN, KENNY | 2171 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2022 |
| 17660906 | CACHE-AWARE LOAD BALANCING | Netapp, Inc. | LU, KEVIN X | 2199 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2022 |
| 17433203 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TARGETS FOR PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (PVD) | Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon | BERMAN, JASON | 1794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Aug 23, 2021 |
| 17329943 | Location Based Restrictions On Networked Gaming | AG 18, LLC | KIM, KEVIN Y | 3715 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 25, 2021 |
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