Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bluestreak Equipment Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, indicating that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. Despite the involvement of multiple examiners, the prosecution is centralized within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a consistent technical classification for the company's active filings.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This count shows that the workload is shared among the 2 distinct examiners. For practitioners, this means that the busiest examiner is handling 1 action, while the portfolio contains 2 pending office actions in total within the 1 distinct art unit.
The concentration of the workload in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector provides a unified technical context. While the company must address the specific concerns of different examiners, the shared art unit environment may lead to similar examination standards across the portfolio.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | 1 | 52.7% | +27.2% |
| MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | 1 | 84.0% | +11.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18827698 | APPARATUS FOR COLLECTION OF NON-METALLIC AND METALLIC FOREIGN OBJECT DEBRIS | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | — |
| 18536134 | RARE EARTH PORTABLE MAGNET CLEANING APPARATUS HAVING A QUICK CLEAN SLEEVE | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18827698 | APPARATUS FOR COLLECTION OF NON-METALLIC AND METALLIC FOREIGN OBJECT DEBRIS | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | — |
| 18536134 | RARE EARTH PORTABLE MAGNET CLEANING APPARATUS HAVING A QUICK CLEAN SLEEVE | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18827698 | APPARATUS FOR COLLECTION OF NON-METALLIC AND METALLIC FOREIGN OBJECT DEBRIS | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2024 |
| 18536134 | RARE EARTH PORTABLE MAGNET CLEANING APPARATUS HAVING A QUICK CLEAN SLEEVE | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | 3653 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial