Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
BAE Systems PLC is currently overseeing 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, but they are both located within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the workload is split, the examination is occurring within a single administrative division. This can lead to a more cohesive prosecution experience, as the art unit likely maintains internal consistency in its interpretation of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is ROGERS, ADAM D, who is currently handling 1 pending office action. This accounts for 1 of the 2 pending office actions. Since both examiners are operating within the 1 distinct art unit, the company may find a degree of procedural uniformity. Practitioners should be prepared to coordinate responses across the active matters to ensure that the technical arguments remain consistent, even though they are being reviewed by different individuals. This unified approach is a key factor in managing the company's current patent interests.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROGERS, ADAM D | 1 | 82.1% | +22.7% |
| WILLIAMS, THOMAS J | 1 | 78.7% | +14.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18855961 | DRIVE SPROCKET MEMBER FOR AN ENDLESS TRACK OF A TRACKED VEHICLE | ROGERS, ADAM D | — |
| 18551570 | BRAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR A TRACKED VEHICLE | WILLIAMS, THOMAS 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18855961 | DRIVE SPROCKET MEMBER FOR AN ENDLESS TRACK OF A TRACKED VEHICLE | ROGERS, ADAM D | — |
| 18551570 | BRAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR A TRACKED VEHICLE | WILLIAMS, THOMAS J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3616 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18855961 | DRIVE SPROCKET MEMBER FOR AN ENDLESS TRACK OF A TRACKED VEHICLE | ROGERS, ADAM D | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18551570 | BRAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR A TRACKED VEHICLE | WILLIAMS, THOMAS J | 3616 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
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