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
Casco Europe Limited has 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, TRUONG, KATELYN T, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with a pending count of 1. The activity is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a specific focus for the current prosecution cycle.
For a portfolio with this level of activity, the interaction with the patent office is extremely streamlined. TRUONG, KATELYN T is the sole point of contact for the company's 1 pending office action. This concentration in the 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technology being pursued is highly specialized within the broader Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. Practitioners can focus their efforts entirely on the requirements of this 1 examiner.
The limited scope of the current filings means that the company is not currently engaged in a high-volume filing strategy. Instead, the focus is on a single application. This allows for a personalized prosecution strategy, as the practitioner can tailor every argument to the specific feedback provided by the examiner. The success of the current portfolio depends entirely on the resolution of the 1 active matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRUONG, KATELYN T | 1 | 57.0% | +37.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18632105 | HEATING SYSTEM FOR AN ANIMAL ENCLOSURE SYSTEM | TRUONG, KATELYN 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18632105 | HEATING SYSTEM FOR AN ANIMAL ENCLOSURE SYSTEM | TRUONG, KATELYN T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3647 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18632105 | HEATING SYSTEM FOR AN ANIMAL ENCLOSURE SYSTEM | TRUONG, KATELYN T | 3647 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
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