Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
69 pending office actions • 1 client • 62 examiners • 34 art units • 7 of 69 (10%) have an AI response strategy ready • 183 patents granted in the last 365 days
YHE Law LLP - Apple specializes in Computing & Software, with 3881 career applications. The firm currently manages 37 pending office actions. It boasts a high resolved allowance rate of 93.82 percent, indicating an exceptional success rate in the software field. The firm averages 3.87 office actions per allowance, which reflects a persistent and iterative prosecution style.
This average of 3.87 suggests that the firm is willing to engage in multiple rounds of dialogue with examiners to achieve its 93.82 percent allowance rate. With 3881 career applications, these metrics demonstrate a highly effective strategy for securing intellectual property in a technically demanding and legally complex area. For practitioners, the 37 pending office actions represent an active and steady practice. The firm's ability to maintain a 93.82 percent allowance rate while averaging 3.87 office actions per allowance across 3881 career applications highlights its deep expertise in the Computing & Software sector and its success in delivering consistent and favorable results for its clients, even when the examination process requires significant persistence.
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 | 5 (7%) |
| §101 + other | 12 (17%) |
| §103 only | 33 (48%) |
| §102 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 14 (20%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REPSHER III, JOHN T | 2 | 58.4% | +48.0% |
| NGUYEN, PHUNG HOANG JOSEPH | 2 | 79.4% | +31.8% |
| FABER, DAVID | 2 | 50.9% | +37.1% |
| BURKE, TIONNA M | 2 | 53.6% | +20.4% |
| LU, HUA | 2 | 69.4% | +26.4% |
| SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM | 2 | 73.5% | +13.5% |
| OGUNBIYI, OLUWADAMILOL M | 2 | 77.1% | +19.4% |
| MERCEDES, DISMERY E | 1 | 77.2% | +10.4% |
| NGUYEN, JENNIFER T | 1 | 81.9% | +7.8% |
| SHOLEMAN, ABU S | 1 | 78.3% | +27.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19323652 | CONTEXTUAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT RESPONSES | NGUYEN, JENNIFER T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18658815 | CONTEXT-SENSITIVE HANDLING OF INTERRUPTIONS | ABOU EL SEOUD, MOHAMED | 161d overdue |
| 18939162 | VISUAL EFFECTS FOR MESSAGES | NGUYEN, QUANG N | 16d overdue |
| 18634399 | SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING DIGITAL ASSISTANT REQUEST STATES | SUBRAMANI, NANDINI | 11d overdue |
| 18666701 | USER INTERFACES FOR DYNAMIC RECOMMENDATIONS | SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM | 28d |
| 18442910 | GAZE BASED DICTATION | OGUNBIYI, OLUWADAMILOL M | 28d |
| 17939805 | SPEECH RECOGNITION FOR MULTIPLE USERS USING SPEECH PROFILE COMBINATION | CHUNG, DANIEL WONSUK | 28d |
| 18905650 | DISPLAYING OPTIONS, ASSIGNING NOTIFICATION, IGNORING MESSAGES, AND SIMULTANEOUS USER INTERFACE DISPLAYS IN A MESSAGING APPLICATION | LAMB, CHRISTOPHER RAY | 33d |
| 18611519 | METHODS AND USER INTERFACES FOR ACCESSING AND MANAGING WORKOUT CONTENT AND INFORMATION | HEIN, DEVIN C | 63d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18428549 | CAPTURING AND DISPLAYING IMAGES WITH MULTIPLE FOCAL PLANES | NGUYEN, PHUNG HOANG JOSEPH | 17d overdue |
| 18492121 | INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FOR DELIVERING CONTENT FROM USER EXPERIENCES | OGUNBIYI, OLUWADAMILOL M | 20d |
| 18666701 | USER INTERFACES FOR DYNAMIC RECOMMENDATIONS | SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM | 28d |
| 18442910 | GAZE BASED DICTATION | OGUNBIYI, OLUWADAMILOL M | 28d |
| 19409329 | USER INTERFACES BASED ON AMBIENT CONDITIONS | MERCEDES, DISMERY E | — |
| 19276998 | AUTHENTICATED DEVICE USED TO UNLOCK ANOTHER DEVICE | SHOLEMAN, ABU S | — |
| 19030842 | USER INTERFACE FOR RECEIVING USER INPUT | REPSHER III, JOHN T | — |
| 19030547 | USER INTERFACE FOR MULTI-USER COMMUNICATION SESSION | NGUYEN, PHUNG HOANG JOSEPH | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Apple | 69 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2143 | 3 |
| 3684 | 2 |
| 2178 | 2 |
| 2174 | 2 |
| 2653 | 2 |
| 2627 | 1 |
| 2629 | 1 |
| 3621 | 1 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 2625 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19409329 | USER INTERFACES BASED ON AMBIENT CONDITIONS | Apple Inc. | MERCEDES, DISMERY E | 2627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2025 |
| 19323652 | CONTEXTUAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT RESPONSES | Apple Inc. | NGUYEN, JENNIFER T | 2629 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2025 |
| 19276998 | AUTHENTICATED DEVICE USED TO UNLOCK ANOTHER DEVICE | Apple Inc. | SHOLEMAN, ABU S | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 | |
| 19210992 | USER INTERFACES RELATED TO CLINICAL DATA | Apple Inc. | BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B | 3684 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19203991 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INVOKING DIGITAL ASSISTANTS | Apple Inc. | KIM, JONATHAN C | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 | |
| 19203080 | USER INTERFACES FOR COMPOSING MESSAGES | Apple Inc. | SHIN, KYUNG H | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 | |
| 19201715 | USER INTERFACES FOR TRANSFERS | Apple Inc. | VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA | 3621 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19200586 | USER INTERFACE FOR LOYALTY ACCOUNTS AND PRIVATE LABEL ACCOUNTS FOR A WEARABLE DEVICE | Apple Inc. | JACOB, WILLIAM J | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 | |
| 19187477 | WORKOUT SAFETY USER INTERFACES | Apple Inc. | ERICKSON, BENNETT S | 3683 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19186519 | USER INTERFACES WITH VARIABLE APPEARANCES | Apple Inc. | JIN, SELENA MENG | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 | |
| 19070880 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR USING A CURSOR TO INTERACT WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENTS | Apple Inc. | YEUNG, MATTHEW | 2625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19060505 | MULTIMODAL REVERSAL OF TASKS | Apple Inc. | REN, ZHUBING | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| 19030907 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING AGGREGATED HEALTH RECORDS | Apple Inc. | NAJARIAN, LENA | 3687 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19028941 | NATURAL ASSISTANT INTERACTION | Apple Inc. | GODBOLD, DOUGLAS | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19030842 | USER INTERFACE FOR RECEIVING USER INPUT | Apple Inc. | REPSHER III, JOHN T | 2143 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19030547 | USER INTERFACE FOR MULTI-USER COMMUNICATION SESSION | Apple Inc. | NGUYEN, PHUNG HOANG JOSEPH | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19030511 | AUDIO RECORDING AND TRANSCRIPTION | Apple Inc. | TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19022810 | DIGITAL ASSISTANT INTERACTION IN A COMMUNICATION SESSION | Apple Inc. | SHAH, ANTIM G | 2693 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19008285 | MODIFYING THE BRIGHTNESS OF USER INTERFACES | Apple Inc. | PARK, HYORIM NMN | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 | |
| 19007277 | DISPLAYING BACKGROUND REGIONS FOR TIME USER INTERFACES | Apple Inc. | PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 | |
| 18985710 | PROVIDING TEXTUAL REPRESENTATIONS FOR A COMMUNICATION SESSION | Apple Inc. | SIDDO, IBRAHIM | 2681 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18972593 | REDUCED SIZE CONFIGURATION INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | WEST, LEWIS G | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 | |
| 18962862 | DIGITAL ASSISTANT INTERACTION IN A VIDEO COMMUNICATION SESSION ENVIRONMENT | Apple Inc. | AGAHI, DARIOUSH | 2658 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18963241 | CALL ASSISTANCE USING CONTACT SUGGESTIONS | Apple Inc. | BATAILLE, FRANTZ | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 | |
| 18960210 | INTEGRATING SYSTEM RESPONSES WITH DISPLAYED CONTENT | Apple Inc. | FABER, DAVID | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 | |
| 18961226 | USER INTERFACE FOR PAYMENTS | Apple Inc. | OYEBISI, OJO O | 3695 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18958262 | USER INTERFACES FOR MEDIA CAPTURE AND MANAGEMENT | Apple Inc. | BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 | |
| 18951350 | INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT IN A HOME ENVIRONMENT | Apple Inc. | SONIFRANK, RICHA MISHRA | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 | |
| 18939162 | VISUAL EFFECTS FOR MESSAGES | Apple Inc. | NGUYEN, QUANG N | 2441 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | AI Ready | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18935252 | USER INTERFACES FOR STORED-VALUE ACCOUNTS | Apple Inc. | CHANG, EDWARD | 3696 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18935257 | MULTIMODALITY IN DIGITAL ASSISTANT SYSTEMS | Apple Inc. | KAZEMINEZHAD, FARZAD | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 | |
| 18929436 | RESEARCH STUDY USER INTERFACES | Apple Inc. | BELOUSOV, ANDREY | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 | |
| 18925827 | USER INTERFACES FOR TRACKING MEDICATIONS | Apple Inc. | REYES, REGINALD R | 3684 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18920842 | PROVIDING REMOTE INTERACTIONS WITH HOST DEVICE USING A WIRELESS DEVICE | Apple Inc. | YANG, JIANXUN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 | |
| 18920809 | USER INTERFACES FOR A COMPASS APPLICATION | Apple Inc. | TRAN, TUYETLIEN T | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 | |
| 18917835 | MESSAGE USER INTERFACES FOR CAPTURE AND TRANSMITTAL OF MEDIA AND LOCATION CONTENT | Apple Inc. | ULRICH, NICHOLAS S | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 | |
| 18912506 | USER INTERFACES FOR ORGANIZING USER ACTIVITIES | Apple Inc. | BURKE, TIONNA M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 | |
| 18905650 | DISPLAYING OPTIONS, ASSIGNING NOTIFICATION, IGNORING MESSAGES, AND SIMULTANEOUS USER INTERFACE DISPLAYS IN A MESSAGING APPLICATION | Apple Inc. | LAMB, CHRISTOPHER RAY | 2622 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18900452 | STOPWATCH AND TIMER USER INTERFACES | Apple Inc. | YOON, ERIC | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| 18898640 | USER INTERFACES SIMULATED DEPTH EFFECTS | Apple Inc. | MAZUMDER, SAPTARSHI | 2612 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18896874 | USER INTERFACES FOR EDITING MEDIA | Apple Inc. | LU, HUA | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 | |
| 18896872 | USER INTERFACES FOR EDITING MEDIA | Apple Inc. | LU, HUA | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 | |
| 18892243 | USER INTERFACES INTEGRATING HARDWARE BUTTONS | Apple Inc. | FABER, DAVID | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 | |
| 18887942 | NAVIGATION OF USER INTERFACES | Apple Inc. | BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 | |
| 18887757 | USER INTERFACES AND DEVICE SETTINGS BASED ON USER IDENTIFICATION | Apple Inc. | OKASHA, RAMI RAFAT | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 | |
| 18807370 | USER INTERFACES FOR MANAGING CONTROLLABLE EXTERNAL DEVICES | Apple Inc. | SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 | |
| 18778706 | USER INTERFACES FOR OBJECT DETECTION | Apple Inc. | BURKE, TIONNA M | 2178 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18744593 | UNLOCKING A DEVICE BY PERFORMING GESTURES ON AN UNLOCK IMAGE | Apple Inc. | TITCOMB, WILLIAM D | 2178 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18669899 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND USER INTERFACES FOR USER NOTIFICATION | Apple Inc. | REPSHER III, JOHN T | 2143 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18666701 | USER INTERFACES FOR DYNAMIC RECOMMENDATIONS | Apple Inc. | SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM | 2172 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18658815 | CONTEXT-SENSITIVE HANDLING OF INTERRUPTIONS | Apple Inc. | ABOU EL SEOUD, MOHAMED | 2148 | §101§102§103Other | Final Rejection | 161d overdue | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18653651 | USER INTERFACES FOR MANAGING MEDIA | Apple Inc. | CHEN, KUANG FU | 2143 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18634399 | SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING DIGITAL ASSISTANT REQUEST STATES | Apple Inc. | SUBRAMANI, NANDINI | 2656 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18622524 | USER INTERFACE FOR INITIATING A TELEPHONE CALL | Apple Inc. | TANK, ANDREW L | 2141 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18620690 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR SCROLLING CONTENT | Apple Inc. | PARCHER, DANIEL W | 2174 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18615954 | METHODS AND USER INTERFACES FOR CAMERA-BASED ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL MOVEMENT | Apple Inc. | MA, MICHELLE HAU | 2617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18611519 | METHODS AND USER INTERFACES FOR ACCESSING AND MANAGING WORKOUT CONTENT AND INFORMATION | Apple Inc. | HEIN, DEVIN C | 3686 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 63d | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18442910 | GAZE BASED DICTATION | Apple Inc. | OGUNBIYI, OLUWADAMILOL M | 2653 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18428549 | CAPTURING AND DISPLAYING IMAGES WITH MULTIPLE FOCAL PLANES | Apple Inc. | NGUYEN, PHUNG HOANG JOSEPH | 2691 | §102 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | AI Ready | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18405979 | UNDERWATER USER INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | KELLS, ASHER | 2145 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18401007 | APPLICATION MENU USER INTERFACE | Apple Inc. | NABI, REZA U | 2174 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18492121 | INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FOR DELIVERING CONTENT FROM USER EXPERIENCES | Apple Inc. | OGUNBIYI, OLUWADAMILOL M | 2653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | AI Ready | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18375448 | USER INTERFACES FOR HEART-RATE MONITORING ON A CLOCK FACE | Apple Inc. | PAN, PHOEBE X | 2179 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18373186 | USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING AND MANAGING WIDGETS | Apple Inc. | BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D | 2171 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | AI Ready | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18237339 | USER INTERFACES FOR HEALTH TRACKING | Apple Inc. | NEWTON, CHAD A | 3681 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18204925 | USER INTERFACES FOR MANAGING A TIME-BASED EVENT | Apple Inc. | MCCORD, PAUL C | 2692 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
| 17961223 | DISCOVERING DIGITAL ASSISTANT TASKS | Apple Inc. | STANLEY, JEREMY L | 2127 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | AI Ready | Oct 06, 2022 |
| 17951826 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING AN ENVIRONMENT AND LOCATING OBJECTS | Apple Inc. | CAI, PHUONG HAU | 2673 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Sep 23, 2022 |
| 17939805 | SPEECH RECOGNITION FOR MULTIPLE USERS USING SPEECH PROFILE COMBINATION | Apple Inc. | CHUNG, DANIEL WONSUK | 2659 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 28d | AI Ready | Sep 07, 2022 |
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