Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety, Inc. is managing a patent portfolio in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The portfolio currently has 4 pending office actions, which are distributed across 4 distinct examiners. This distribution indicates that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different official, providing a variety of perspectives on the applicant's technology. The prosecution is spread across 4 distinct art units, reflecting a broad technical range within the semiconductors sector.
MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, although she is responsible for only 1 pending office action. This means that each of the 4 pending office actions is being handled by a separate examiner in a separate art unit. Such a distribution requires a highly coordinated prosecution strategy to maintain consistency across the 4 distinct art units. The 4 pending office actions represent a significant portion of the applicant's current efforts to secure patent protection. Practitioners must be prepared to address the unique requirements of 4 distinct examiners simultaneously across these 4 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (20%) |
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 1 | 8.6% | +50.0% |
| OLAMIT, JUSTIN N | 1 | 62.0% | +9.4% |
| DEVITO, ALEX T | 1 | 72.1% | +12.3% |
| LINHARDT, LAURA E | 1 | 68.8% | +21.2% |
| PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | 1 | 14.3% | +33.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18290479 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING TAMPERING OF BREATH SAMPLE MEASUREMENTS | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 49d overdue |
| 17868250 | BREATH TEST SYSTEM | DEVITO, ALEX T | 11d overdue |
| 17621862 | MULTI WAVELENGTH BREATH ANALYZING SYSTEM AND METHOD | PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18290479 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING TAMPERING OF BREATH SAMPLE MEASUREMENTS | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 49d overdue |
| 17868250 | BREATH TEST SYSTEM | DEVITO, ALEX T | 11d overdue |
| 17623776 | COMBINED VEHICLE MOUNTED BREATH ANALYZING AND HVAC SYSTEM AND METHOD | LINHARDT, LAURA E | 19d |
| 17621862 | MULTI WAVELENGTH BREATH ANALYZING SYSTEM AND METHOD | PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 1686 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18290479 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING TAMPERING OF BREATH SAMPLE MEASUREMENTS | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18002565 | TEST SYSTEM | OLAMIT, JUSTIN N | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 17868250 | BREATH TEST SYSTEM | DEVITO, ALEX T | 2855 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Jul 19, 2022 |
| 17623776 | COMBINED VEHICLE MOUNTED BREATH ANALYZING AND HVAC SYSTEM AND METHOD | LINHARDT, LAURA E | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Dec 29, 2021 |
| 17621862 | MULTI WAVELENGTH BREATH ANALYZING SYSTEM AND METHOD | PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN | 1686 | §101§103DPOther | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2021 |
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