Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
BCE Inc. is managing 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This workload is handled by 2 distinct examiners, creating a distributed point of contact for the company's current legal strategy. The prosecution is situated within 2 distinct art units, reflecting a diverse technical focus for the pending applications.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is HOLZMACHER, DERICK J, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. As there are 2 pending office actions total, this examiner manages a portion of the current activity for BCE Inc. The alignment of 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units suggests that the company is navigating multiple examination paths across different office departments.
Practitioners should note that the prosecution of the pending workload depends on the review of 2 distinct examiners. With 2 distinct art units involved, the prior art landscape is likely varied across different groups. The company's presence in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems is currently represented by these interactions at the patent office.
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 only | 1 (50%) |
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLZMACHER, DERICK J | 1 | 44.3% | +28.4% |
| BEKERMAN, MICHAEL | 1 | 32.5% | +31.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18873419 | WORKFORCE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HOLZMACHER, DERICK J | — |
| 18113787 | TARGETED MESSAGING | BEKERMAN, MICHAEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18873419 | WORKFORCE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HOLZMACHER, DERICK J | — |
| 18113787 | TARGETED MESSAGING | BEKERMAN, MICHAEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3625 | 1 |
| 3621 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18873419 | WORKFORCE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HOLZMACHER, DERICK J | 3625 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18113787 | TARGETED MESSAGING | BEKERMAN, MICHAEL | 3621 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
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