Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Atos France is currently managing 6 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, resulting in each examiner being responsible for exactly one pending matter. The portfolio is spread across 3 distinct art units, indicating that the company's applications are categorized into several different technical groups within the broader technology area. This suggests a diverse range of innovations currently under review by the patent office.
IQBAL, MUSTAFA is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since there are 6 pending office actions and 6 distinct examiners, the workload is perfectly balanced among the assigned staff. The involvement of 3 distinct art units suggests that while the company engages with 6 distinct examiners, its technical focus is concentrated within a few administrative divisions. This profile reflects an active prosecution phase with a wide distribution of examiners but a more focused set of art units, requiring Atos France to manage multiple examiner relationships within a limited number of technical groups.
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 only | 1 (17%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IQBAL, MUSTAFA | 1 | 46.7% | +25.8% |
| JACKSON, JORDAN L | 1 | 40.8% | +38.5% |
| LANE, THOMAS BERNARD | 1 | 76.5% | +5.0% |
| HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES | 1 | 75.0% | +25.8% |
| HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI | 1 | 71.2% | +38.3% |
| SITTNER, MICHAEL J | 1 | 10.9% | +14.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18896528 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING TICKETS TO AGENTS | IQBAL, MUSTAFA | — |
| 18742520 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A DECISION TREE FOR DIAGNOSING A SYSTEM, METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THE SYSTEM, DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS THEREOF | JACKSON, JORDAN L | — |
| 18735291 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A DATA PROCESSING CHAIN | LANE, THOMAS BERNARD | — |
| 18600982 | Method for configuring a data processing chain | HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES | — |
| 18176976 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF A SOFTWARE APPLICATION | SITTNER, MICHAEL J | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18586690 | Method for assessing carbon capture of an area of interest | HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI | 7d |
| 18896528 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING TICKETS TO AGENTS | IQBAL, MUSTAFA | — |
| 18742520 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A DECISION TREE FOR DIAGNOSING A SYSTEM, METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THE SYSTEM, DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS THEREOF | JACKSON, JORDAN L | — |
| 18600982 | Method for configuring a data processing chain | HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES | — |
| 18176976 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF A SOFTWARE APPLICATION | SITTNER, MICHAEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3625 | 1 |
| 2672 | 1 |
| 3621 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18896528 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING TICKETS TO AGENTS | IQBAL, MUSTAFA | 3625 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18742520 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A DECISION TREE FOR DIAGNOSING A SYSTEM, METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THE SYSTEM, DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS THEREOF | JACKSON, JORDAN L | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18735291 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A DATA PROCESSING CHAIN | LANE, THOMAS BERNARD | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18600982 | Method for configuring a data processing chain | HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES | — | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18586690 | Method for assessing carbon capture of an area of interest | HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI | 2672 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18176976 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF A SOFTWARE APPLICATION | SITTNER, MICHAEL J | 3621 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2023 |
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