Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Cardinal Point Captains Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a very narrow and focused prosecution profile. The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technical niche for the current applications.
WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This is the only pending action in the portfolio, meaning this examiner is the sole individual reviewing the company's current applications. The 1 busiest examiner pending action managed by WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD will determine the immediate outcome for this portfolio.
Practitioners should prepare for the 1 busiest examiner pending action by reviewing the specific examination history of WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD. This singular focus allows for a deep dive into the examiner's specific preferences to resolve the 1 pending office action. Understanding the specific requirements of the 1 distinct examiner is essential for success in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. This focused approach may lead to more consistent outcomes.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | 1 | 72.9% | +18.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18601811 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN IMPROVED MULTIBEAM IMAGING SONAR FOR USE WITH AN UNDERWATER HANDHELD COMPUTER | WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18601811 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN IMPROVED MULTIBEAM IMAGING SONAR FOR USE WITH AN UNDERWATER HANDHELD COMPUTER | WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | 3645 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
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