Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Brandt Industries Canada Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each matter is reviewed by a different individual. This distribution across 2 distinct examiners provides the company with two separate points of contact at the office. Both pending actions are situated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a concentrated technical focus for these mechanical systems filings.
TSUI, ALFRED H is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently holding 1 pending office action. This represents one of the 2 pending office actions currently active. Having 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit allows the company to see how different individuals apply the same art unit standards. Practitioners should use the insights from both of the 2 pending office actions to develop a more effective prosecution strategy within this 1 distinct art unit.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MITCHELL, JOEL F | 2 | 61.1% | +17.0% |
| TSUI, ALFRED H | 1 | 32.7% | +32.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17940146 | CULTIVATOR | MITCHELL, JOEL F | — |
| 17847269 | TILLAGE GANG ADJUSTMENT | MITCHELL, JOEL 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18607080 | WATER TANK FOR A HYDROVAC | TSUI, ALFRED H | — |
| 17940146 | CULTIVATOR | MITCHELL, JOEL F | — |
| 17847269 | TILLAGE GANG ADJUSTMENT | MITCHELL, JOEL F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3671 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18607080 | WATER TANK FOR A HYDROVAC | TSUI, ALFRED H | 3671 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 17940146 | CULTIVATOR | MITCHELL, JOEL F | 3671 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2022 |
| 17847269 | TILLAGE GANG ADJUSTMENT | MITCHELL, JOEL F | 3671 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2022 |
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