Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Baby Jogger LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners but are located within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that the company's prosecution efforts in this technology area are centralized within 1 unit of the patent office. The presence of 1 distinct art unit for the 2 pending matters may facilitate a more uniform application of examination standards across the portfolio.
The busiest examiner, SHELTON, IAN BRYCE, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 distinct examiners for the 2 pending office actions, the workload is split. Practitioners should tailor their responses to the specific feedback of SHELTON, IAN BRYCE and the other examiner while leveraging the consistency provided by the 1 distinct art unit. This strategy helps in managing the 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. The 2 pending office actions are the primary focus for the company in this 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOLAK, JAMES M | 2 | 78.8% | +18.3% |
| SHELTON, IAN BRYCE | 1 | 77.4% | +15.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19081266 | REMOVABLE SEAT ATTACHMENT FOR A STROLLER | DOLAK, JAMES M | — |
| 18534146 | REMOVABLE SEAT ATTACHMENTS FOR A STROLLER | DOLAK, JAMES M | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18621748 | ADJUSTABLE HARNESS SYSTEM | SHELTON, IAN BRYCE | 2d overdue |
| 19081266 | REMOVABLE SEAT ATTACHMENT FOR A STROLLER | DOLAK, JAMES M | — |
| 18534146 | REMOVABLE SEAT ATTACHMENTS FOR A STROLLER | DOLAK, JAMES M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3613 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19081266 | REMOVABLE SEAT ATTACHMENT FOR A STROLLER | DOLAK, JAMES M | — | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 18621748 | ADJUSTABLE HARNESS SYSTEM | SHELTON, IAN BRYCE | 3613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18534146 | REMOVABLE SEAT ATTACHMENTS FOR A STROLLER | DOLAK, JAMES M | 3613 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
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