Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Alwena Shipping currently manages 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner working within 1 distinct art unit. The narrow distribution across these metrics suggests a highly focused prosecution effort for the current portfolio, with all activity concentrated in a single technical niche.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is FIGUEROA, MICHAEL KENN POTICANO, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This represents the entirety of the company's active workload at the patent office. Practitioners should note that the concentration of 1 pending action under a single examiner means that the outcome of this specific interaction will dictate the immediate progress of the portfolio.
Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company faces a very specific set of examination criteria. The 1 pending office action in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems serves as the primary focal point for the company's legal strategy. This streamlined structure minimizes the complexity of managing multiple examiners but increases the importance of the dialogue with FIGUEROA, MICHAEL KENN POTICANO.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIGUEROA, MICHAEL KENN POTICANO | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18722775 | SHIP WITH AT LEAST ONE SAIL PROPULSION UNIT | FIGUEROA, MICHAEL KENN POTICANO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18722775 | SHIP WITH AT LEAST ONE SAIL PROPULSION UNIT | FIGUEROA, MICHAEL KENN POTICANO | 3615 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAlwena Shipping has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael Kenn Poticano Figueroa has the most, with 1 of Alwena Shipping's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.