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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
American Superconductor Corporation currently has 1 pending office action within its patent portfolio. This prosecution activity is categorized under the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The company's pending workload is managed by 1 distinct examiner, reflecting a highly centralized prosecution stage.
The portfolio's active matter is located within 1 distinct art unit. JONES, JAMES WILLIAM is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. As there is 1 distinct examiner involved, this individual is responsible for all current office action responses required by the corporation. This concentration ensures that the examiner has a comprehensive view of the company's pending technical disclosures.
The presence of the pending office action in 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technical focus within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. This structure provides a clear and singular path for prosecution, as the entirety of the pending workload resides with a single examiner. Practitioners can focus their efforts on a single examiner relationship for the current portfolio status, potentially leading to more consistent prosecution outcomes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | 1 | 73.9% | +20.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18756390 | MOBILE POWER SYSTEM | JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18756390 | MOBILE POWER SYSTEM | JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18756390 | MOBILE POWER SYSTEM | JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | 3615 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAmerican Superconductor Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
James William Jones has the most, with 1 of American Superconductor Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
