Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Block One Automation LLC has 1 pending office action currently active. This matter involves the distinct examiner and 0 distinct art units. CHRISTOPHER GARFT is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action.
The pending office action is the only current matter for the entity at the USPTO. With the distinct examiner, CHRISTOPHER GARFT, handling the busiest examiner pending action, the prosecution is entirely centralized. The report of 0 distinct art units may indicate that the application is in a preliminary stage or a specific administrative category. This focused activity means that the company's immediate patent strategy is concentrated on the examiner's review. Practitioners should note that the absence of multiple art units simplifies the tracking of procedural deadlines for this portfolio. The reliance on a single point of contact at the office requires a precise understanding of the examiner's specific requirements.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 59.0% | +23.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18600020 | End Effector | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18600020 | End Effector | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18600020 | End Effector | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
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