Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Beaverfit Limited currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed among 1 distinct examiner, indicating that all applications are being reviewed by the same individual. The prosecution is organized across 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the company's filings in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector are grouped into a single technical category.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is FERENCE, JAMES M, who is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This represents the highest concentration of workload for any single examiner, accounting for the entirety of the 2 pending office actions. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's immediate prosecution outcomes depend on the review of this individual.
The use of 1 distinct art unit for 2 pending office actions indicates a high degree of technical focus within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. With only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company can maintain a singular and consistent dialogue with the patent office. The presence of 2 busiest examiner pending office actions under FERENCE, JAMES M provides a point of total consolidation for the company's current prosecution efforts.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERENCE, JAMES M | 2 | 71.2% | +17.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19018683 | FUNCTIONAL TRAINING RIG KIT | FERENCE, 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18216317 | FUNCTIONAL TRAINING RIG KIT | FERENCE, JAMES M | 56d |
| 19018683 | FUNCTIONAL TRAINING RIG KIT | FERENCE, JAMES M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19018683 | FUNCTIONAL TRAINING RIG KIT | FERENCE, JAMES M | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18216317 | FUNCTIONAL TRAINING RIG KIT | FERENCE, JAMES M | 3635 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
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