Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Beijing Etag Technology Company Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MORTELL, JOHN F, who is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending action. The matter is being prosecuted within 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a focused area of technical review for the company's current filings.
The portfolio's current state of 1 pending office action suggests a limited or highly targeted prosecution phase. MORTELL, JOHN F is the only examiner currently reviewing the company's work. Because the 1 pending office action is located in 1 distinct art unit, the company is dealing with a single point of contact and a specialized group within the Communications area. This centralized structure means the company's immediate patent outcomes depend on the evaluation of this 1 distinct examiner. Such a focused approach requires careful management of the relationship with the assigned examiner to ensure a successful outcome.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORTELL, JOHN F | 1 | 67.2% | +25.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19214068 | ANIMAL PREGNANCY DETERMINATION METHOD, DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | MORTELL, JOHN F | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19214068 | ANIMAL PREGNANCY DETERMINATION METHOD, DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | MORTELL, JOHN F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2689 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19214068 | ANIMAL PREGNANCY DETERMINATION METHOD, DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | MORTELL, JOHN F | 2689 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialBeijing Etag Technology Company Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
John F Mortell has the most, with 1 of Beijing Etag Technology Company Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
