Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
42 pending office actions • 3 clients • 42 examiners • 25 art units • 10 of 42 (24%) have an AI response strategy ready • 78 patents granted in the last 365 days
Setter Roche has a career history of 2770 career applications, with a primary focus on the Computing & Software technology area. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate pct of 87.31 across these filings. At present, there are 32 pending office actions requiring response. The 2770 career applications reflect the firm's level of experience in the software sector.
The average office actions per allowance for this firm is 3.49. This indicates the typical number of exchanges required to secure a patent in the Computing & Software field. The resolved allowance rate pct of 87.31 is a benchmark for success in this technology area. With 32 pending office actions, the firm is actively managing its current workload. These statistics offer a data-grounded perspective on the firm's ability to navigate the patent office's requirements for software-related inventions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 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. 16 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 (10%) |
| §101 + other | 7 (17%) |
| §103 only | 18 (43%) |
| §112 only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (26%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, ANTHONY D | 1 | 85.4% | +15.1% |
| OBERLY, VAN HONG | 1 | 75.2% | +15.5% |
| ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S | 1 | 67.0% | +25.9% |
| CHAO, MICHAEL W | 1 | 70.1% | +39.7% |
| SHIN, KYUNG H | 1 | 82.0% | +10.5% |
| HAILEGIORGIS, FITWI Y | 1 | 90.7% | -15.7% |
| WHITAKER, ANDREW B | 1 | 18.6% | +19.0% |
| SULTANA, NADIRA | 1 | 72.7% | +35.7% |
| NGUY, CHI D | 1 | 75.3% | +15.8% |
| ABRISHAMKAR, KAVEH | 1 | 78.1% | +17.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19257791 | MALICIOUS ACTIVITY PROBABILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS | SHIN, KYUNG H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18588766 | LOAD-VARIANCE MANAGEMENT FOR VOLTAGE-REGULATED SYSTEMS | HILTUNEN, THOMAS J | 70d overdue |
| 18319551 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (3DIC) SYSTEMS WITH A HEAT SPREADER CONFIGURED AS A BACKSIDE POWER PLANE | NIELSEN, DEREK LANG | 43d overdue |
| 18336447 | AUTO-TUNING READING PASSAGES USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL | 31d overdue |
| 18506766 | INSIGHTS SERVICE FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL PROMPTING | SHAH, PARAS D | 4d overdue |
| 18757005 | PROXIMITY-BASED TEMPORARY GAMER PROFILE ACCESS | HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N | 3d overdue |
| 18506815 | ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORMS WITH ENHANCED PROMPT ASSIGNMENTS | GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A | 40d |
| 18755093 | MEMORY INTERFACE CIRCUITS INCLUDING ENCRYPT/DECRYPT CIRCUITS TO RE-ENCRYPT ENCRYPTED DATA BLOCKS IN A MEMORY CIRCUIT AND RELATED METHODS | NAJI, YOUNES | 55d |
| 18336098 | COLLABORATIVE PROMPTING OBJECTS FOR PRODUCTIVITY APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTS | ANDERSON, BRODERICK C | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18982289 | Untitled | BROWN, ANTHONY D | — |
| 19327757 | FAILURE TOLERANT GRAPH EXECUTION | OBERLY, VAN HONG | — |
| 19298764 | REGULAR EXPRESSION DECOMPOSITION AND EVALUATION | ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S | — |
| 19275483 | APPLICATION IDENTITY ACCOUNT COMPROMISE DETECTION | CHAO, MICHAEL W | — |
| 19257791 | MALICIOUS ACTIVITY PROBABILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS | SHIN, KYUNG H | — |
| 19172003 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A USER INTERFACE AND UTILIZING A SMART CONTRACT | WHITAKER, ANDREW B | — |
| 19085840 | TOPIC SUGGESTION IN MESSAGING SYSTEMS | SULTANA, NADIRA | — |
| 19061135 | AUTHENTICATION OF USERS BASED ON CODES EMBEDDED IN MACHINE-READABLE ITEMS | NGUY, CHI D | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Microsoft | 39 |
| Pulse Biosciences | 2 |
| Avaya | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 5 |
| 2159 | 2 |
| 2199 | 2 |
| 2653 | 2 |
| 2438 | 2 |
| 2166 | 1 |
| 2431 | 1 |
| 3629 | 1 |
| 2494 | 1 |
| 2163 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18982289 | Untitled | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | BROWN, ANTHONY D | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | ||
| 19327757 | FAILURE TOLERANT GRAPH EXECUTION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | OBERLY, VAN HONG | 2166 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2025 |
| 19298764 | REGULAR EXPRESSION DECOMPOSITION AND EVALUATION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 | |
| 19275483 | APPLICATION IDENTITY ACCOUNT COMPROMISE DETECTION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | CHAO, MICHAEL W | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| 19257791 | MALICIOUS ACTIVITY PROBABILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | SHIN, KYUNG H | 2431 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19223515 | ADAPTIVE CHANNEL EQUALIZATION FOR A DUO-BINARY TRANSCEIVER | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | HAILEGIORGIS, FITWI Y | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 | |
| 19172003 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A USER INTERFACE AND UTILIZING A SMART CONTRACT | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | WHITAKER, ANDREW B | 3629 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19085840 | TOPIC SUGGESTION IN MESSAGING SYSTEMS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | SULTANA, NADIRA | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 | |
| 19061135 | AUTHENTICATION OF USERS BASED ON CODES EMBEDDED IN MACHINE-READABLE ITEMS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | NGUY, CHI D | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| 19046725 | PHISHING DETECTION ENGINE(S) FOR AUTONOMOUS PHISHING IDENTIFICATION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | ABRISHAMKAR, KAVEH | 2494 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19046061 | ADAPTIVE AUDIO LEVERAGING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR USER-DEFINED SOUND CLASS TRANSFORMATION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | WILLIAMS, ROSS A | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19043019 | AUTOMATED DATA COMPACTION FOR TABLE FORMATS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO | 2159 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18952551 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCALABLE DATA PROCESSING OPERATIONS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | THAI, HANH B | 2163 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18951306 | PULSE GENERATOR WITH INDEPENDENT PANEL TRIGGERING | Pulse Biosciences, Inc. | LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 | |
| 18940467 | RING DATA-STRUCTURE FOR DATA OPERATIONS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | BENGZON, GREG C | 2444 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18928604 | FORMATIVE FEEDBACK ENGINE(S) FOR PROVIDING COMMENTARY INSIGHTS ON TEXT-BASED ASSESSMENTS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | CASTILLO-TORRES, KEISHA Y | 2659 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18807173 | AUTOMATED CODE GENERATION FOR DATA TRANSFORMATIONS IN A WORKFLOW | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | RIVERA, ANIBAL | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 | |
| 18770249 | DISCOURSE ENGINE(S) FOR PROVIDING QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | AI Ready | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18757005 | PROXIMITY-BASED TEMPORARY GAMER PROFILE ACCESS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | AI Ready | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18755093 | MEMORY INTERFACE CIRCUITS INCLUDING ENCRYPT/DECRYPT CIRCUITS TO RE-ENCRYPT ENCRYPTED DATA BLOCKS IN A MEMORY CIRCUIT AND RELATED METHODS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | NAJI, YOUNES | 2445 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18737272 | MULTI-AGENT WORKFLOWS FOR RESOLVING CODING COMPLICATIONS VIA GENERATIVE AI INTEGRATIONS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | GOORAY, MARK A | 2199 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18665362 | HARDWARE THREAD ALLOCATION CONTROLLER | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | WU, QING YUAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 | |
| 18632000 | ZERO OVERTRAVEL PUSH-PUSH MECHANISM | Pulse Biosciences, Inc. | MCMAHON, MATTHEW R | 3678 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18621867 | MATH ENGINE(S) FOR ENHANCED MATH ASSIGNMENTS WITHIN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | ROWLAND, STEVE | 3715 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | AI Ready | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18588766 | LOAD-VARIANCE MANAGEMENT FOR VOLTAGE-REGULATED SYSTEMS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | HILTUNEN, THOMAS J | 2849 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 70d overdue | AI Ready | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18421837 | MEMS MIRROR MODULE WITH STRESS-DECOUPLED VIBRATIONAL MODES | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | ASSOUMAN, HERVE-LOUIS Y | 2812 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18411589 | ENHANCED NATURAL USER INTERFACE CANVASES | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | PHAM, LINH K | 2174 | §103 | Final Rejection | 48d | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18398697 | PROVISION OF INDICATORS CONVEYING VISUALLY DISCERNABLE SENTIMENTS IN A PARTICIPANT LIST | Avaya Management L.P. | BLAIR, KILE O | 2600 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18506766 | INSIGHTS SERVICE FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL PROMPTING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | SHAH, PARAS D | 2653 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | AI Ready | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18506815 | ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORMS WITH ENHANCED PROMPT ASSIGNMENTS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18490553 | MODEL-ASSISTED GENERATION OF VISUALIZATION CODE | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | UNG, LANNY N | 2193 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18484861 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING PROACTIVE PAUSE | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | TRAN, KENNETH PHUOC | 2196 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | AI Ready | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18478195 | IMPLEMENTING USER AUTHENTICATION WITH A WEARABLE DEVICE | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | VU, PHY ANH TRAN | 2438 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18355290 | ASYNCHRONOUS AUTHORIZATION OF APPLICATION ACCESS TO RESOURCES | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | HERZOG, MADHURI R | 2438 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | AI Ready | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18350661 | ENABLING EXCHANGE OF CONVERSATIONAL BOT SKILLS DURING CONVERSATIONAL CHAT | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | KARTHOLY, REJI P | 2143 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 18336098 | COLLABORATIVE PROMPTING OBJECTS FOR PRODUCTIVITY APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | ANDERSON, BRODERICK C | 2178 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18336447 | AUTO-TUNING READING PASSAGES USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL | 2653 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | AI Ready | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18324646 | SELECTIVE EXECUTION OF WORKLOADS USING HARDWARE ACCELERATORS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | CHU JOY, JORGE A | 2195 | §112 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18319551 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (3DIC) SYSTEMS WITH A HEAT SPREADER CONFIGURED AS A BACKSIDE POWER PLANE | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | NIELSEN, DEREK LANG | 2899 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | AI Ready | May 18, 2023 |
| 17873887 | ACCUMULATIONS OF MEASUREMENTS FOR ATTESTATIONS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | LU, KEVIN X | 2199 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Jul 26, 2022 |
| 17850311 | ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM | 2172 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Jun 27, 2022 |
| 17702004 | STRUCTURED STORAGE OF ACCESS DATA | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | MINA, FATIMA P | 2159 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2022 |
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