Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Carecompass

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

Analysis

Carecompass has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The specific examiner assigned to this matter is RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN, who is responsible for the 1 pending office action. The concentration of the portfolio into 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner suggests a singular focus in current prosecution efforts, likely targeting a specific mechanical or e-commerce innovation.

Because there is only 1 pending office action, the company's immediate administrative burden at the patent office is minimal. Success in this area depends entirely on the interaction with this single examiner, RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN. This allows the applicant to tailor their legal and technical arguments specifically to the preferences and past rulings of 1 distinct examiner. The lack of other pending matters means that the company can focus its full attention on resolving any objections raised in this single action.

The involvement of a single art unit within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field indicates a specialized application of the technology. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination guidelines relevant to this art unit to ensure a smooth prosecution process. With only 1 pending office action to manage, the company is in a position to pursue a very deliberate and focused strategy to secure its intellectual property rights in this technical domain.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN 1 0.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18653406 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND MOBILE APPLICATION FOR LOCATING MEDICAL CARE CENTERS RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN 2d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3684 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18653406 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND MOBILE APPLICATION FOR LOCATING MEDICAL CARE CENTERS RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN 3684 §101 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending May 02, 2024

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