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
Aizoth Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that the 2 pending office actions are evaluated independently. The portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests that the underlying technology is specialized and falls under a single administrative umbrella. This allows for a more focused response strategy that aligns with the specific practices of that 1 distinct art unit.
The busiest examiner, LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 2 distinct examiners handling the workload, the distribution prevents any single examiner from having total control over the company's current patent prospects. However, because all work is within 1 distinct art unit, the company must still adhere to the overarching technical interpretations prevalent in that specific department. Practitioners should tailor their arguments to the 2 distinct examiners involved while maintaining consistency across the 2 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 + other | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE | 1 | 16.8% | +31.5% |
| RUTTEN, JAMES D | 1 | 63.3% | +37.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18729134 | STATISTICAL DATA ACQUISITION DEVICE, DEGREE OF CONTRIBUTION CALCULATION DEVICE, TREATMENT ACTION SEARCH DEVICE, TREATMENT OBJECT SEARCH DEVICE, STATISTICAL DATA ACQUISITION PROGRAM, DEGREE OF CONTRIBUTION CALCULATION PROGRAM, TREATMENT ACTION SEARCH PROGRAM, AND TREATMENT OBJECT SEARCH PROGRAM | LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE | 72d overdue |
| 18565418 | Combined Learner Forming Apparatus, Combined Learner Forming Program, and Non-Transitory Recording Medium Storing Combined Lerner Forming Program | RUTTEN, JAMES D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18729134 | STATISTICAL DATA ACQUISITION DEVICE, DEGREE OF CONTRIBUTION CALCULATION DEVICE, TREATMENT ACTION SEARCH DEVICE, TREATMENT OBJECT SEARCH DEVICE, STATISTICAL DATA ACQUISITION PROGRAM, DEGREE OF CONTRIBUTION CALCULATION PROGRAM, TREATMENT ACTION SEARCH PROGRAM, AND TREATMENT OBJECT SEARCH PROGRAM | LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE | 72d overdue |
| 18565418 | Combined Learner Forming Apparatus, Combined Learner Forming Program, and Non-Transitory Recording Medium Storing Combined Lerner Forming Program | RUTTEN, JAMES D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3684 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18729134 | STATISTICAL DATA ACQUISITION DEVICE, DEGREE OF CONTRIBUTION CALCULATION DEVICE, TREATMENT ACTION SEARCH DEVICE, TREATMENT OBJECT SEARCH DEVICE, STATISTICAL DATA ACQUISITION PROGRAM, DEGREE OF CONTRIBUTION CALCULATION PROGRAM, TREATMENT ACTION SEARCH PROGRAM, AND TREATMENT OBJECT SEARCH PROGRAM | LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE | 3684 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 72d overdue | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18565418 | Combined Learner Forming Apparatus, Combined Learner Forming Program, and Non-Transitory Recording Medium Storing Combined Lerner Forming Program | RUTTEN, JAMES D | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
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