Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
4Knines LLC is active in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area and has 2 pending office actions. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is responsible for exactly one of the pending matters. This distribution provides two different perspectives on the company's current filings.
Both pending matters are located within 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner is WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT, who is responsible for 1 of the 2 pending office actions currently active for the company. This concentration within 1 distinct art unit suggests that while 2 distinct examiners are involved, the technical focus of the 2 pending actions is consistent across the portfolio.
Practitioners should note that the 1 pending office action assigned to WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT is the only matter for that examiner in this portfolio. Managing 2 pending office actions within a single art unit allows for a unified technical approach, even as the company interacts with 2 distinct examiners. The strategy must account for the specific requirements of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | 1 | 82.5% | +17.8% |
| MORROW, JASON S | 1 | 84.3% | +10.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19068303 | VEHICLE DOOR GUARD | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18584753 | VEHICLE INTERIOR COVER WITH VENTILATION ACCESS | MORROW, JASON S | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19068303 | VEHICLE DOOR GUARD | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — |
| 18584753 | VEHICLE INTERIOR COVER WITH VENTILATION ACCESS | MORROW, JASON S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3612 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19068303 | VEHICLE DOOR GUARD | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 18584753 | VEHICLE INTERIOR COVER WITH VENTILATION ACCESS | MORROW, JASON S | 3612 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
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