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
Applyboard Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, WALSH, EMMETT K. The matter is being processed within 1 distinct art unit, representing a focused prosecution effort for the company.
WALSH, EMMETT K is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, which is the only action currently pending in the portfolio. With only 1 pending office action and 1 distinct art unit, the company's current patent office activity is limited to the technical examination. This concentration means the company is dealing with the specific set of examiner preferences within the transportation and mechanical systems domain. The presence of the distinct examiner simplifies the communication strategy for the current portfolio. Practitioners can dedicate their attention to the specific nuances of the 1 distinct art unit where the action is pending. This focus ensures that all legal resources are directed toward resolving the pending office action.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALSH, EMMETT K | 1 | 52.7% | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19197074 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A USER WITH AN INTERACTIVE PERSONALIZED GUIDANCE WITH RESPECT TO ACADEMIC PROGRAMS | WALSH, EMMETT K | 26d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19197074 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A USER WITH AN INTERACTIVE PERSONALIZED GUIDANCE WITH RESPECT TO ACADEMIC PROGRAMS | WALSH, EMMETT K | 26d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3628 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19197074 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A USER WITH AN INTERACTIVE PERSONALIZED GUIDANCE WITH RESPECT TO ACADEMIC PROGRAMS | WALSH, EMMETT K | 3628 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
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