Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bell Textron Inc. manages 2 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W, is responsible for 1 pending action. This shows a diversified prosecution strategy where each of the 2 pending actions is being reviewed independently in different art units. Practitioners should prepare for distinct feedback from each of the examiners.
The presence of 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units suggests a decentralized prosecution environment. Because the workload is split, the company can compare feedback from different parts of the office to refine its overall approach to Computing & Software. Success for Bell Textron Inc. depends on navigating the specific requirements of CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W and the other assigned examiner. This distribution reduces the impact of any single examiner's tendencies on the entire portfolio.
In the computing sector, having multiple art units involved can indicate that the patent applications cover different technical aspects of the field. Practitioners should monitor the historical allowance rates for each distinct art unit to anticipate potential challenges. With 2 pending office actions, the company has the opportunity to build a broader patent base by successfully managing the distinct perspectives of the various examiners involved in the prosecution process.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | 1 | 74.8% | +20.3% |
| PRUITT, JUSTIN A | 1 | 61.9% | +15.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18470662 | Neural Network Supported Augmented Reality for Technician Support | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | 77d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17089131 | ZONED CONTACT BUSHING | PRUITT, JUSTIN A | 168d overdue |
| 18470662 | Neural Network Supported Augmented Reality for Technician Support | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | 77d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2117 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18470662 | Neural Network Supported Augmented Reality for Technician Support | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | 2117 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 77d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 17089131 | ZONED CONTACT BUSHING | PRUITT, JUSTIN A | 3745 | §103 | Final Rejection | 168d overdue | Pending | Nov 04, 2020 |
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