Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Camso Inc. is currently navigating 6 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, but they are notably concentrated within only 2 distinct art units. This suggests that while the company interacts with several different individuals, the technical scope of the applications is relatively narrow. Practitioners may find that the consistency provided by the 2 distinct art units helps in predicting the types of prior art and technical objections raised during prosecution.
KOTTER, KIP T serves as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, managing 3 of the active cases. This concentration indicates that a portion of the company's workload is subject to the discretion of a specific examiner. The remaining actions are spread across the other 4 distinct examiners. Consequently, the outcomes for Camso Inc. are influenced by the specific examination style and requirements of KOTTER, KIP T. This distribution requires a strategy that accounts for multiple individual perspectives within a limited number of technical departments while managing 6 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOTTER, KIP T | 3 | 67.9% | +21.4% |
| POPE, DARYL C | 1 | 85.5% | +6.4% |
| BELLINGER, JASON R | 1 | 70.0% | +18.7% |
| SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 1 | 45.5% | +14.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19178997 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING WHEEL ASSEMBLIES | POPE, DARYL C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18907793 | TRACK FOR TRACTION OF A VEHICLE | KOTTER, KIP T | — |
| 18783787 | ENDLESS TRACK FOR TRACTION OF A VEHICLE | KOTTER, KIP T | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17405649 | MONITORING OF TRACK SYSTEM FOR TRACTION OF A VEHICLE | SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 4d overdue |
| 18639668 | TRACK SYSTEM FOR TRACTION OF A VEHICLE | KOTTER, KIP T | 40d |
| 19010875 | TRACK SYSTEM FOR TRACTION OF AN OFF-ROAD VEHICLE SUCH AS A SNOWMOBILE OR AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE (ATV) | BELLINGER, JASON R | — |
| 18907793 | TRACK FOR TRACTION OF A VEHICLE | KOTTER, KIP T | — |
| 18783787 | ENDLESS TRACK FOR TRACTION OF A VEHICLE | KOTTER, KIP T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 3 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19178997 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING WHEEL ASSEMBLIES | POPE, DARYL C | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19010875 | TRACK SYSTEM FOR TRACTION OF AN OFF-ROAD VEHICLE SUCH AS A SNOWMOBILE OR AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE (ATV) | BELLINGER, JASON R | 3615 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18907793 | TRACK FOR TRACTION OF A VEHICLE | KOTTER, KIP T | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18783787 | ENDLESS TRACK FOR TRACTION OF A VEHICLE | KOTTER, KIP T | 3615 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18639668 | TRACK SYSTEM FOR TRACTION OF A VEHICLE | KOTTER, KIP T | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 17405649 | MONITORING OF TRACK SYSTEM FOR TRACTION OF A VEHICLE | SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Aug 18, 2021 |
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