Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Alstom Holdings is currently managing 5 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, indicating a broad and diversified prosecution environment. This spread suggests that the company's intellectual property covers a wide range of technical innovations that are being evaluated by multiple specialized groups at the USPTO.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Given that the busiest examiner pending count is 1 while the total pending office actions is 5, the workload is perfectly distributed among the 5 distinct examiners. This structure ensures that no single examiner has a dominant influence over the company's current patent pipeline, providing a variety of perspectives from different officials.
Practitioners should note that managing 5 pending office actions across 4 distinct art units requires a highly organized and adaptable approach. Each of the 5 distinct examiners will have their own interpretation of the company's technology and the relevant legal standards. This structure offers the advantage of diversifying prosecution risks, as the outcome of one action is unlikely to directly impact the progress of the others in different art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 83.6% | +13.0% |
| SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE | 1 | 68.2% | +41.2% |
| AMAN, ANNA KATHY | 1 | 95.7% | -3.1% |
| MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | 1 | 86.6% | +15.4% |
| SHEIKH, ASFAND M | 1 | 46.0% | +48.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35521810 | Arrangement of train interiors | AMAN, ANNA KATHY | 132d overdue |
| 18823547 | SLEEPING BERTH STRUCTURE FOR A VEHICLE SLEEPING COMPARTMENT | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18491108 | METHOD FOR ORDERING THE VEHICLES OF A FLEET OF VEHICLES ACCORDING TO A MAINTENANCE NEED; ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER SYSTEM | SHEIKH, ASFAND M | 5d |
| 18775255 | ELECTRIC TRACTION MOTOR FOR A VEHICLE | SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE | — |
| 18735016 | RAIL VEHICLE TRACTION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED RAIL VEHICLE | MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18491108 | METHOD FOR ORDERING THE VEHICLES OF A FLEET OF VEHICLES ACCORDING TO A MAINTENANCE NEED; ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER SYSTEM | SHEIKH, ASFAND M | 5d |
| 18823547 | SLEEPING BERTH STRUCTURE FOR A VEHICLE SLEEPING COMPARTMENT | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18775255 | ELECTRIC TRACTION MOTOR FOR A VEHICLE | SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE | — |
| 18735016 | RAIL VEHICLE TRACTION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED RAIL VEHICLE | MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 2 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 2973 | 1 |
| 3626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18823547 | SLEEPING BERTH STRUCTURE FOR A VEHICLE SLEEPING COMPARTMENT | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18775255 | ELECTRIC TRACTION MOTOR FOR A VEHICLE | SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE | 2834 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 35521810 | Arrangement of train interiors | AMAN, ANNA KATHY | 2973 | §112 | Final Rejection | 132d overdue | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18735016 | RAIL VEHICLE TRACTION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED RAIL VEHICLE | MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | 3615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18491108 | METHOD FOR ORDERING THE VEHICLES OF A FLEET OF VEHICLES ACCORDING TO A MAINTENANCE NEED; ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER SYSTEM | SHEIKH, ASFAND M | 3626 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAlstom Holdings has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
Jason Christopher Smith has the most, with 1 of Alstom Holdings's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
