Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
24 pending office actions • 3 clients • 22 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP handles 12389 career applications in the Communications technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 83.14. Prosecution involves an avg office actions per allowance of 3.77.
The firm is currently managing 17 pending office actions. The 83.14 resolved allowance rate pct and 3.77 avg office actions per allowance are based on the firm's 12389 career applications. These metrics provide a data-driven profile of the firm's performance in its primary technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 (8%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (8%) |
| §103 only | 17 (71%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMAD, NAUMAN UDDIN | 2 | 73.5% | +17.2% |
| BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M | 2 | 84.0% | +10.3% |
| LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL | 1 | 66.7% | +55.6% |
| MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L | 1 | 86.6% | +12.9% |
| BROWN, SHEREE N | 1 | 65.6% | +26.6% |
| CHIN, MICHELLE | 1 | 85.4% | +11.6% |
| CASCHERA, ANTONIO A | 1 | 87.2% | +8.3% |
| GOCO, JOHN PATRICK | 1 | 33.3% | +66.7% |
| TRAN, KIM THANH THI | 1 | 77.0% | +24.6% |
| ROBERTS, RACHEL L | 1 | 73.0% | +24.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18990819 | PATH GUIDING USING NEURAL RADIANCE CACHING WITH RESAMPLED IMPORTANCE SAMPLING | CHIN, MICHELLE | — |
| 18975777 | GENERALIZED POSE AND MOTION GENERATION | CASCHERA, ANTONIO A | — |
| 18900556 | SPATIALLY CORRELATED NOISE WARPING FOR DIFFUSION MODELS | BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M | — |
| 18900554 | TEMPORALLY CORRELATED NOISE WARPING FOR DIFFUSION MODELS | BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19062221 | LOGICAL WIDTH-BASED PROMPT CONDITIONING FOR GENERATIVE AI AND LLM | LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL | — |
| 19033346 | TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING A GENERALIZED PHYSICAL FACE MODEL | MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L | — |
| 18976025 | PARAMETRIC LANDMARK DETECTION | GOCO, JOHN PATRICK | — |
| 18908715 | FACE SWAPPING WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED GEOMETRY REFINING | BAYAT, ALI | — |
| 18906545 | JOINT IMAGE NORMALIZATION AND LANDMARK DETECTION | HERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRO | — |
| 18655147 | DIFFERENTIABLE COMPOSITION OF ATTRIBUTES IN STYLE TRANSFER | CHOW, JEFFREY J | — |
| 18584733 | ATTRIBUTION OF GENERATIVE MODEL OUTPUTS | LANE, THOMAS BERNARD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18500976 | FLEXIBLE PARAMETERIZATION OF ARBITRARY DISPLAY SURFACES FOR IN-CAMERA VISUAL EFFECTS | AHMAD, NAUMAN UDDIN | 70d |
| 19062221 | LOGICAL WIDTH-BASED PROMPT CONDITIONING FOR GENERATIVE AI AND LLM | LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL | — |
| 19033346 | TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING A GENERALIZED PHYSICAL FACE MODEL | MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L | — |
| 19019300 | NEURAL SHAPE DEFORMATION TRANSFER | BROWN, SHEREE N | — |
| 18990819 | PATH GUIDING USING NEURAL RADIANCE CACHING WITH RESAMPLED IMPORTANCE SAMPLING | CHIN, MICHELLE | — |
| 18976025 | PARAMETRIC LANDMARK DETECTION | GOCO, JOHN PATRICK | — |
| 18951325 | RELIGHTABLE AND REANIMATABLE NEURAL HEADS | TRAN, KIM THANH THI | — |
| 18930769 | RESAMPLING IMAGES WITH DEEP DATA | ROBERTS, RACHEL L | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| ETH Zurich | 12 |
| DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. | 11 |
| Disney | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2611 | 4 |
| 2619 | 2 |
| 2653 | 1 |
| 2612 | 1 |
| 2615 | 1 |
| 2492 | 1 |
| 2616 | 1 |
| 2618 | 1 |
| 2613 | 1 |
| 2664 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19062221 | LOGICAL WIDTH-BASED PROMPT CONDITIONING FOR GENERATIVE AI AND LLM | Disney Enterprises, Inc. | LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL | 2653 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19033346 | TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING A GENERALIZED PHYSICAL FACE MODEL | ETH ZÜRICH | MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 | |
| 19019300 | NEURAL SHAPE DEFORMATION TRANSFER | Disney Enterprises, Inc. | BROWN, SHEREE N | 2612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18990819 | PATH GUIDING USING NEURAL RADIANCE CACHING WITH RESAMPLED IMPORTANCE SAMPLING | Disney Enterprises, Inc. | CHIN, MICHELLE | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 | |
| 18975777 | GENERALIZED POSE AND MOTION GENERATION | ETH ZÜRICH | CASCHERA, ANTONIO A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 | |
| 18976025 | PARAMETRIC LANDMARK DETECTION | Disney Enterprises, Inc. | GOCO, JOHN PATRICK | 2611 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18951325 | RELIGHTABLE AND REANIMATABLE NEURAL HEADS | ETH ZÜRICH | TRAN, KIM THANH THI | 2615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18930769 | RESAMPLING IMAGES WITH DEEP DATA | ETH ZÜRICH | ROBERTS, RACHEL L | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 | |
| 18908715 | FACE SWAPPING WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED GEOMETRY REFINING | ETH ZÜRICH | BAYAT, ALI | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 | |
| 18906545 | JOINT IMAGE NORMALIZATION AND LANDMARK DETECTION | Disney Enterprises, Inc. | HERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRO | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 | |
| 18906639 | FACE MICRO DETAIL RECOVERY VIA PATCH SCANNING, INTERPOLATION, AND STYLE TRANSFER | ETH ZÜRICH | AHMAD, NAUMAN UDDIN | 2611 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18900556 | SPATIALLY CORRELATED NOISE WARPING FOR DIFFUSION MODELS | ETH ZÜRICH | BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| 18900554 | TEMPORALLY CORRELATED NOISE WARPING FOR DIFFUSION MODELS | ETH ZÜRICH | BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| 18825987 | AUTOMATED COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY SCANNING SYSTEM FOR LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTED CODE REPOSITORIES | Disney Enterprises, Inc. | RASUL, MUHAMMAD HASHIR | 2492 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18786337 | LOCAL IDENTITY-AWARE FACIAL RIG GENERATION | Disney Enterprises, Inc. | LIU, ZHENGXI | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18780259 | ANATOMICALLY CONSTRAINED IMPLICIT SHAPE MODELS | Disney Enterprises, Inc. | SUN, HAI TAO | 2616 | §103 | Final Rejection | 57d | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18655147 | DIFFERENTIABLE COMPOSITION OF ATTRIBUTES IN STYLE TRANSFER | Disney Enterprises, Inc. | CHOW, JEFFREY J | 2618 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18642219 | VISUAL DUBBING OF AN AUDIOVISUAL SEQUENCE | ETH ZÜRICH | HOANG, PHI | 2619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18584733 | ATTRIBUTION OF GENERATIVE MODEL OUTPUTS | Disney Enterprises, Inc. | LANE, THOMAS BERNARD | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 | |
| 18421429 | DATA-DRIVEN PHYSICS-BASED FACIAL ANIMATION RETARGETING | ETH ZÜRICH | CREARY, LATRELL ANTHONY | 2613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18505017 | FLEXIBLE LANDMARK DETECTION | Disney Enterprises, Inc. | THOMAS, SOUMYA | 2664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18500976 | FLEXIBLE PARAMETERIZATION OF ARBITRARY DISPLAY SURFACES FOR IN-CAMERA VISUAL EFFECTS | Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. LLC | AHMAD, NAUMAN UDDIN | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18049262 | MACHINE LEARNING BASED VIDEO COMPRESSION | ETH ZÜRICH | HESS, MICHAEL J | 2481 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Oct 24, 2022 |
| 17669053 | SHAPE AND APPEARANCE RECONSTRUCTION WITH DEEP GEOMETRIC REFINEMENT | ETH ZÜRICH | NGUYEN, ANH TUAN V | 2619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Feb 10, 2022 |
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