Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 4 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days
Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation maintains an active prosecution presence in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 14 pending office actions. These matters are distributed across 12 distinct examiners, suggesting a wide engagement with the patent office staff. The workload is spread across 4 distinct art units, which indicates that the company's technologies fall into several different specialized classification groups.
LANEAU, RONALD is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 2 pending office actions. This concentration is relatively low given the total volume of 14 pending office actions. The 12 distinct examiners are involved in reviewing the company's applications. The involvement of 4 distinct art units suggests that the applications cover a range of mechanical or medical innovations requiring different types of technical expertise.
With many distinct examiners involved, the company must manage a variety of examination styles and timelines. The current docket represents a robust pipeline of intellectual property within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The fact that the busiest examiner has 2 pending office actions highlights the decentralized nature of the prosecution docket.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 2 (14%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (14%) |
| §103 only | 3 (21%) |
| §102 only | 2 (14%) |
| §112 only | 2 (14%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANEAU, RONALD | 2 | 88.2% | +9.8% |
| TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN | 2 | 76.0% | +16.6% |
| REAGAN, JAMES A | 1 | 71.4% | +19.9% |
| CHAN, ALLEN | 1 | 70.3% | +35.1% |
| ROWLAND, STEVE | 1 | 77.9% | +17.5% |
| HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N | 1 | 81.1% | +18.5% |
| LARSEN, CARL VICTOR | 1 | 69.6% | +19.9% |
| HOLMES, JUSTIN | 1 | 88.9% | +10.0% |
| GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 1 | 48.3% | +16.4% |
| BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N | 1 | 55.9% | +36.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18989588 | DEPLOYING A PLURALITY OF PLANAR LAYERS FOR LOTTERY TICKETS | LANEAU, RONALD | — |
| 18958718 | REMOTE WAGERING GAME SYSTEM OPERABLE WITH UNIVERSAL INTERFACE PLUGIN | LANEAU, RONALD | — |
| 18883707 | LOTTERY TICKET SELLING SYSTEMS CONFIGURED TO EMPLOY PRINTED LOTTERY TICKET ROLLS | HOLMES, JUSTIN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18085848 | LOTTERY TICKETS HAVING DIFFERENT SYMBOL SETS WITH ASSOCIATED DIFFERENT SEQUENTIAL PAYOUT AMOUNTS | GARNER, WERNER G | 11d overdue |
| 19022678 | SECURE FUNDING AND PAYOUT OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC CURRENCY FROM FIAT CURRENCY PURCHASES | REAGAN, JAMES A | 28d |
| 18982068 | LOTTERY GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATING LOTTERY GAMING SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE LOTTERY TICKET BOARDS FOR MULTIPLE DRAWINGS OF DRAW LOTTERY GAMES | ROWLAND, STEVE | — |
| 18966323 | SCRATCH-OFF INSTANT LOTTERY TICKET AUTO-REVEAL SYSTEM | HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N | — |
| 18966347 | SCRATCH-OFF INSTANT LOTTERY TICKET AUTO-REVEAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOF | TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN | — |
| 18053163 | LOTTERY TICKETS BASED ON PRODUCT PURCHASES THROUGH SYSTEMS SUCH AS POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEMS | PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19022678 | SECURE FUNDING AND PAYOUT OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC CURRENCY FROM FIAT CURRENCY PURCHASES | REAGAN, JAMES A | 28d |
| 18588577 | PRINTED DOCUMENTS READILY IDENTIFYING INDICIA PRINTING DEFECTS | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 42d |
| 19001883 | MULTI-STEP VALIDATION AND REDEMPTION FOR DIGITAL LOTTERY TICKETS | CHAN, ALLEN | — |
| 18982057 | INSTANT-WIN DRAW LOTTERY GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATING INSTANT-WIN DRAW LOTTERY GAMING SYSTEMS | TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN | — |
| 18982068 | LOTTERY GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATING LOTTERY GAMING SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE LOTTERY TICKET BOARDS FOR MULTIPLE DRAWINGS OF DRAW LOTTERY GAMES | ROWLAND, STEVE | — |
| 18966323 | SCRATCH-OFF INSTANT LOTTERY TICKET AUTO-REVEAL SYSTEM | HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N | — |
| 18966347 | SCRATCH-OFF INSTANT LOTTERY TICKET AUTO-REVEAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOF | TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN | — |
| 18950910 | SECURE DIGITALIZATION OF DATA TRADITIONALLY STORED ON DIGITAL VERSATILE DISCS | LARSEN, CARL VICTOR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 9 |
| 3697 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| 3637 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19022678 | SECURE FUNDING AND PAYOUT OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC CURRENCY FROM FIAT CURRENCY PURCHASES | REAGAN, JAMES A | 3697 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19001883 | MULTI-STEP VALIDATION AND REDEMPTION FOR DIGITAL LOTTERY TICKETS | CHAN, ALLEN | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18989588 | DEPLOYING A PLURALITY OF PLANAR LAYERS FOR LOTTERY TICKETS | LANEAU, RONALD | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18982057 | INSTANT-WIN DRAW LOTTERY GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATING INSTANT-WIN DRAW LOTTERY GAMING SYSTEMS | TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN | 3715 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18982068 | LOTTERY GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATING LOTTERY GAMING SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE LOTTERY TICKET BOARDS FOR MULTIPLE DRAWINGS OF DRAW LOTTERY GAMES | ROWLAND, STEVE | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18966323 | SCRATCH-OFF INSTANT LOTTERY TICKET AUTO-REVEAL SYSTEM | HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N | 3715 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18966347 | SCRATCH-OFF INSTANT LOTTERY TICKET AUTO-REVEAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOF | TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN | 3715 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18958718 | REMOTE WAGERING GAME SYSTEM OPERABLE WITH UNIVERSAL INTERFACE PLUGIN | LANEAU, RONALD | 3715 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18950910 | SECURE DIGITALIZATION OF DATA TRADITIONALLY STORED ON DIGITAL VERSATILE DISCS | LARSEN, CARL VICTOR | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18883707 | LOTTERY TICKET SELLING SYSTEMS CONFIGURED TO EMPLOY PRINTED LOTTERY TICKET ROLLS | HOLMES, JUSTIN | 3655 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18588577 | PRINTED DOCUMENTS READILY IDENTIFYING INDICIA PRINTING DEFECTS | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 3637 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18532154 | DEMATERIALIZED INSTANT LOTTERY TICKET SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOF | BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18085848 | LOTTERY TICKETS HAVING DIFFERENT SYMBOL SETS WITH ASSOCIATED DIFFERENT SEQUENTIAL PAYOUT AMOUNTS | GARNER, WERNER G | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 18053163 | LOTTERY TICKETS BASED ON PRODUCT PURCHASES THROUGH SYSTEMS SUCH AS POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEMS | PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2022 |
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