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 • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc. manages 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, Adams, Gregory W, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. Prosecution is occurring in a distinct art unit. This indicates a focused examination path for the company's current intellectual property assets.
With the distinct examiner involved, the portfolio's immediate outcomes depend on the requirements of this individual official. The alignment of the pending office action with the art unit suggests a specific administrative process. Practitioners should prepare for the review style of Adams, Gregory W, as all active work is centralized under this official. This concentration means the company does not have to navigate multiple departmental standards within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector for its pending office action. The administrative structure is defined by the examiner and the art unit assigned to the case.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, GREGORY W | 1 | 75.2% | +23.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18646255 | LIFT SYSTEM | ADAMS, GREGORY W | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18646255 | LIFT SYSTEM | ADAMS, GREGORY W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3652 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18646255 | LIFT SYSTEM | ADAMS, GREGORY W | 3652 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
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