Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
67 pending office actions • 4 clients • 65 examiners • 43 art units • 8 of 67 (12%) have an AI response strategy ready
SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P. A. has an extensive career history of 16111 career applications, with a primary focus on the Networking & Security technology area. The firm has reached a resolved allowance rate pct of 94.09. There are 104 pending office actions currently active. The 16111 career applications demonstrate the expertise in networking and security patent law.
The average office actions per allowance for this firm is 3.59. This figure provides a benchmark for the prosecution timeline in the Networking & Security field. The 94.09 resolved allowance rate pct indicates a level of success across the firm's 16111 career applications. With 104 pending office actions, the firm is managing its current workload. These metrics together illustrate the firm's presence and its procedural approach to patent prosecution in its primary technical domain.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 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. 9 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 | 2 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 9 (13%) |
| §103 only | 28 (42%) |
| §102 only | 3 (4%) |
| §112 only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 18 (27%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, MINH | 2 | 86.3% | +15.9% |
| DUNN, DARRIN D | 2 | 75.3% | +24.2% |
| VO, ETHAN VIET | 1 | 75.3% | +27.1% |
| GANNON, LEVI | 1 | 82.7% | +7.1% |
| HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM | 1 | 79.2% | +12.4% |
| NEWAY, SAMUEL G | 1 | 75.1% | +7.2% |
| KONG, ALAN LINGQIAN | 1 | 80.4% | +34.3% |
| PARSONS, THEODORE C | 1 | 78.5% | +21.3% |
| LE, UYEN T | 1 | 83.9% | +9.5% |
| SPINKS, ANTOINETTE T | 1 | 72.0% | +20.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19041362 | Tracking Subsea Telecommunications Asset Capacity and Spectrum | KONG, ALAN LINGQIAN | — |
| 19035387 | Database Query Optimization Via Parameter-Sensitive Plan Selection | LE, UYEN T | — |
| 18900092 | LIGHTING CIRCUITS FOR CONTROLLING CLUSTERS OF MICRO-LEDS IN PIXELATED LIGHT SOURCES | TRAN, MINH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17663430 | Machine Learning Hyperparameter Tuning | DASGUPTA, SHOURJO | 8d overdue |
| 18967458 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR PRE-OPERATIVELY PLANNED ADAPTIVE GLENOID IMPLANTS | HU, ANN M | 19d |
| 18872550 | PREDICTION OF BONE BASED ON POINT CLOUD | PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG | 40d |
| 18307084 | PRIORITIZING INVENTORY CHECK AND AUDITS FOR A MULTI-PRODUCT RETAILER | MOORE, REVA R | 40d |
| 17608715 | PATIENT-MATCHED ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | 71d |
| 19257570 | ADAPTIVE NEGATIVE AMPLITUDE SHIFT KEYING (ASK) MODULATION FOR WIRELESS CHARGING | GANNON, LEVI | — |
| 19028609 | VARIABLE APERTURE DESIGN FOR DEVICE Z-HEIGHT REDUCTION | SPINKS, ANTOINETTE T | — |
| 18999408 | WIRELESS RANGING CALIBRATION FOR DEVICE PAIR PROFILES | BOLOURCHI, NADER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19065789 | CRAWL ALGORITHM | HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM | 62d |
| 19104045 | Untitled | VO, ETHAN VIET | — |
| 19041362 | Tracking Subsea Telecommunications Asset Capacity and Spectrum | KONG, ALAN LINGQIAN | — |
| 19040405 | CLAIMING DELAYED LIVE REFERENCE STREAMS | PARSONS, THEODORE C | — |
| 19028609 | VARIABLE APERTURE DESIGN FOR DEVICE Z-HEIGHT REDUCTION | SPINKS, ANTOINETTE T | — |
| 18900092 | LIGHTING CIRCUITS FOR CONTROLLING CLUSTERS OF MICRO-LEDS IN PIXELATED LIGHT SOURCES | TRAN, MINH | — |
| 18899945 | CIRCUITS FOR DRIVING LED MATRIX USING EQUALIZER SUBCIRCUIT AND SHARED AMPLIFIER FOR LED CLUSTERS IN THE CONTROL LOOP | TRAN, MINH | — |
| 18593294 | POWDER MONITORING FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS | DUNN, DARRIN D | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| 35 | |
| Rolls-Royce | 19 |
| Stryker | 8 |
| Infineon | 5 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2845 | 2 |
| 2153 | 2 |
| 3741 | 2 |
| 2192 | 2 |
| 2836 | 1 |
| 2166 | 1 |
| 2494 | 1 |
| 2156 | 1 |
| 2639 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19104045 | Untitled | Google LLC | VO, ETHAN VIET | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 19257570 | ADAPTIVE NEGATIVE AMPLITUDE SHIFT KEYING (ASK) MODULATION FOR WIRELESS CHARGING | Google LLC | GANNON, LEVI | 2836 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19065789 | CRAWL ALGORITHM | Google LLC | HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM | 2166 | §103 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19053401 | Building Bots from Raw Logs and Computing Coverage of Business Logic Graph | Google LLC | NEWAY, SAMUEL G | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| 19041362 | Tracking Subsea Telecommunications Asset Capacity and Spectrum | Google LLC | KONG, ALAN LINGQIAN | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 | |
| 19040405 | CLAIMING DELAYED LIVE REFERENCE STREAMS | Google LLC | PARSONS, THEODORE C | 2494 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19035387 | Database Query Optimization Via Parameter-Sensitive Plan Selection | Google LLC | LE, UYEN T | 2156 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19028609 | VARIABLE APERTURE DESIGN FOR DEVICE Z-HEIGHT REDUCTION | Google LLC | SPINKS, ANTOINETTE T | 2639 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19008084 | NOSECONES FOR TURBINE ENGINE | Rolls-Royce | DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 19005109 | DEMAND SERVERLESS CONTAINER BASED STORAGE TRANSFER | Google LLC | GEORGANDELLIS, ANDREW C | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 | |
| 18999408 | WIRELESS RANGING CALIBRATION FOR DEVICE PAIR PROFILES | Google LLC | BOLOURCHI, NADER | 2631 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18983302 | ACCESSING OBJECTS IN HOSTED STORAGE | Google LLC | STEVENS, ROBERT | 2164 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18978978 | SAFE STATE TRIGGER | Infineon Technologies AG | ERDMAN, CHAD G | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 | |
| 18872550 | PREDICTION OF BONE BASED ON POINT CLOUD | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG | 3798 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18872185 | POINT CLOUD NEURAL NETWORKS FOR LANDMARK ESTIMATION FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | ADEDIRAN, ABDUL -SAMAD A | §102§103DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 | |
| 18967458 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR PRE-OPERATIVELY PLANNED ADAPTIVE GLENOID IMPLANTS | Stryker Corporation | HU, ANN M | 3774 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18966523 | LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL DATA ESCROW SERVICE | Google LLC | KNACKSTEDT, JACOB BENEDICT | 2408 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18858522 | POSITIONING A GRAPHICAL KEYBOARD WITHIN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | Google LLC | CORTES, HOWARD | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 | |
| 18919586 | WORKLOAD SECURITY RINGS | Google LLC | WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H | 2434 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18853494 | MULTI-ATLAS ALIGNMENT AND SIZING OF ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 | |
| 18900092 | LIGHTING CIRCUITS FOR CONTROLLING CLUSTERS OF MICRO-LEDS IN PIXELATED LIGHT SOURCES | Infineon Technologies AG | TRAN, MINH | 2845 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18851979 | THERMAL CHASSIS | Google LLC | MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| 18899945 | CIRCUITS FOR DRIVING LED MATRIX USING EQUALIZER SUBCIRCUIT AND SHARED AMPLIFIER FOR LED CLUSTERS IN THE CONTROL LOOP | Infineon Technologies AG | TRAN, MINH | 2845 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18846721 | SHARING OF CAPTURED CONTENT | Google LLC | KELLS, ASHER | 2171 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18819288 | RECESSION RESISTANT INTERMEDIATE LAYER FOR CMC VANE | Rolls-Royce | OMORI, MARY I | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 | |
| 18815578 | TOOL FOR MACHINING CMC SEGMENTS | Rolls-Royce | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 3724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18809473 | ARBITRARILY GROUPING COMPUTER SYSTEM RESOURCES | Google LLC | TAYLOR, NICHOLAS R | 2441 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 36d | AI Ready | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18835556 | APPLICATION BEHAVIOR POLICY VALIDATION | Google LLC | BAZNA, JUDY | 2495 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18792515 | Metro-Level Distributed Caching | Google LLC | FILIPCZYK, MARCIN R | 2153 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18791568 | MEMORY EFFICIENT SOFTWARE PATCHING FOR UPDATING APPLICATIONS ON COMPUTING DEVICES | Google LLC | APONTE, FRANCISCO JAVIER | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 | |
| 18774526 | REWINDS BASED ON TRANSCRIPTS | Google LLC | MILLER, JOHN W | 2400 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18720376 | AUTOMATED TEXT-TO-SPEECH PRONUNCIATION EDITING FOR LONG FORM TEXT DOCUMENTS | Google LLC | SULTANA, NADIRA | 2653 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18715461 | LOADING STATE DETECTION FOR GAMING APPLICATIONS | Google LLC | KAMRAN, MEHRAN | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18667616 | VEHICLE ELECTRICAL POWER SYNCHRONIZATION VIA HYDRAULICS | Rolls-Royce | HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | 3741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18667602 | VEHICLE ELECTRICAL POWER SYNCHRONIZATION VIA HYDRAULICS | Rolls-Royce | QUIGLEY, THOMAS K | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18662999 | IN-CALL SCAM DETECTION | Google LLC | HOQUE, NAFIZ E | 2693 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | May 13, 2024 |
| 18661009 | QUANTIFYING MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES IN THERMAL SPRAY COATINGS USING IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES | Rolls-Royce | BACA, MATTHEW WALTER | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 | |
| 18702551 | COHERENT FREQUENCY BANDS RECEIVE OPERATION | Google LLC | CHANG, YU-WEN | 2413 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18633076 | POST DEPOSITION HEAT TREATMENT OF COATING ON SUBSTRATE | Rolls-Royce | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1718 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18598692 | AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT WITH DYNAMIC OUTPUT SLOPE COMPENSATION FOR DRIVING LARGE CAPACITIVE LOADS | Infineon Technologies AG | MARANO, NATASHA YOLANDA | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 | |
| 18593672 | ADAPTIVE MACHINING USING BUILD SURFACE TOPOLOGY FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS | Rolls-Royce | XU, PETER | 2119 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18593294 | POWDER MONITORING FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS | Rolls-Royce | DUNN, DARRIN D | 2117 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18593569 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES FOR ABRASIVE COATINGS USING IN SITU REACTION | Rolls-Royce | KUVAYSKAYA, ANASTASIA ALEKSEYEVNA | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 | |
| 18593465 | POWDER CONTROL FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS | Rolls-Royce | TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M | 1684 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18593438 | FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS FROM THERMAL PROCESSING | Rolls-Royce | WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 | |
| 18593324 | POWDER MONITORING FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS | Rolls-Royce | DUNN, DARRIN D | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 | |
| 18593575 | MASS AND HEAT FLOW IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS WITH MACHINE LEARNING CONTROL | Rolls-Royce | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 | |
| 18434653 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR GENERATING A GROUP OF MEDIA CONTENT ITEMS | Google LLC | HTAY, LIN LIN M | 2153 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18432988 | METHOD FOR MAKING TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS USING METAL INJECTION MOLDING | Rolls-Royce | WANG, NICHOLAS A | 1734 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18417605 | COOLING HOLE AIR FLOW FOR THERMAL SPRAY COATINGS | Rolls-Royce | THOMAS, BINU | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 | |
| 18418197 | TRAINING IMAGE-TO-IMAGE TRANSLATION NEURAL NETWORKS | Google LLC | KRETZER, CASEY L | 2635 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18410898 | COLD SPRAY DIAGNOSTICS | Rolls-Royce | GO, RICKY | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18404881 | Interpretable Tabular Data Learning Using Sequential Sparse Attention | Google LLC | LE, HUNG VAN | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 | |
| 18392167 | CIRCUIT FOR DISCHARGING A CAPACITOR USING POWER TRANSISTORS OPERATING IN NON-LINEAR MODE | Infineon Technologies AG | BERHANU, SAMUEL | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 | |
| 18541642 | BALANCED POWER-LATENCY ADVERTISEMENTS FOR MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE DISCOVERABILITY | Google LLC | CHEN, JUNPENG | 2645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18360886 | EMERGENCY START OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE | Rolls-Royce | BURKE, THOMAS P | 3741 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18353009 | DELTA PATCHING FOR SHARED LIBRARIES | Google LLC | BERMAN, STEPHEN DAVID | 2192 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18218355 | Systems and Methods for Satellite Messaging | Google LLC | FERGUSON, KEITH | 2648 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2023 |
| 18218302 | Automated Policy Compliance Using Large Language Models | Google LLC | BUI, HANH THI MINH | 2192 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2023 |
| 18307084 | PRIORITIZING INVENTORY CHECK AND AUDITS FOR A MULTI-PRODUCT RETAILER | Google LLC | MOORE, REVA R | 3627 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | AI Ready | Apr 26, 2023 |
| 18005192 | DYNAMIC JOINT ANALYSIS FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | YIP, KENT | 2681 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2023 |
| 18051237 | ELECTRODE FOR PULSED ELECTROCHEMICAL MACHINING | Rolls-Royce | VAN, LUAN V | 1795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2022 |
| 17780445 | MACHINE-LEARNED MODELS IN SUPPORT OF SURGICAL PROCEDURES | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | HIGGS, STELLA EUN | 3681 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 26, 2022 |
| 17777553 | PRE-OPERATIVE PLANNING AND INTRA OPERATIVE GUIDANCE FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES IN CASES OF BONE FRAGMENTATION | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | RODRIGUEZ, ANTHONY JASON | 2672 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | May 17, 2022 |
| 17663430 | Machine Learning Hyperparameter Tuning | Google LLC | DASGUPTA, SHOURJO | 2144 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | AI Ready | May 15, 2022 |
| 17662547 | Independent Fragment Compactions of Striped Data | Google LLC | ALLEN, NICHOLAS E | 2154 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2022 |
| 17608715 | PATIENT-MATCHED ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | 2186 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 71d | Pending | Nov 03, 2021 |
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