Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Automaton, Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These matters are being handled by 2 distinct examiners located in distinct art units, showing a complete lack of overlap in the current prosecution personnel or organizational units. This distribution means that each of the 2 pending office actions is being evaluated in a unique environment, with no shared examiner or art unit to provide a common baseline for prosecution strategy.
SHERWIN, RYAN W is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units for the filings, each case represents a unique environment for the practitioner. This distribution requires tailored strategies for each matter, as the different individuals and units will likely have different approaches to the Communications technology area. The lack of concentration across the units suggests the filings may cover different sub-sectors of the field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHERWIN, RYAN W | 1 | 66.7% | +22.9% |
| BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O | 1 | 63.0% | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18585919 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RFID-BASED RETAIL MANAGEMENT | BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O | 3d overdue |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18974612 | ESTIMATING RFID TAG LOCATIONS FROM MULTIPLE DATA INPUTS | SHERWIN, RYAN W | 24d overdue |
| 18585919 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RFID-BASED RETAIL MANAGEMENT | BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O | 3d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2688 | 1 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18974612 | ESTIMATING RFID TAG LOCATIONS FROM MULTIPLE DATA INPUTS | SHERWIN, RYAN W | 2688 | §103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18585919 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RFID-BASED RETAIL MANAGEMENT | BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O | 2685 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
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