Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Casco Signal Ltd. has 8 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The portfolio includes 8 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units. Examiner assignments are fully separate, while some art units handle more than one matter. This pattern favors centralized docket management with focused review of recurring unit-level issues.
JIN, SELENA MENG is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner accounts for a concentrated share of the docket. Counsel should coordinate technical positions centrally while tailoring amendments and arguments to each examination record.
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.
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 | 1 (14%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (29%) |
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JIN, SELENA MENG | 1 | 45.7% | +21.3% |
| BROWNE, SCOTT A | 1 | 71.9% | +35.9% |
| PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE | 1 | 18.4% | +27.1% |
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 83.6% | +13.0% |
| GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M | 1 | 76.6% | +11.5% |
| SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY | 1 | 68.6% | +23.5% |
| KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 1 | 77.9% | +18.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18876686 | CTC-BASED TRAIN OPERATION ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS | PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE | 28d overdue |
| 18717303 | METHOD FOR REALIZING REMOTE REVERSE OPERATION DURING UNATTENDED TRAIN OPERATION, DEVICE AND MEDIUM | BROWNE, SCOTT A | — |
| 18720610 | INTELLIGENT BROWSING APPARATUS BASED ON RAILWAY SIGNAL SYSTEM MONITORING DATA | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18719131 | INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR RAIL TRANSIT OPERATION SAFETY | GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M | — |
| 18716876 | MARSHALLED TRAIN MANAGEMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM | SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18876686 | CTC-BASED TRAIN OPERATION ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS | PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE | 28d overdue |
| 19139007 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE OPERATION OF REAL TRAIN AND SIMULATION TRAIN | JIN, SELENA MENG | — |
| 18717303 | METHOD FOR REALIZING REMOTE REVERSE OPERATION DURING UNATTENDED TRAIN OPERATION, DEVICE AND MEDIUM | BROWNE, SCOTT A | — |
| 18720610 | INTELLIGENT BROWSING APPARATUS BASED ON RAILWAY SIGNAL SYSTEM MONITORING DATA | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18719131 | INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR RAIL TRANSIT OPERATION SAFETY | GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M | — |
| 18716876 | MARSHALLED TRAIN MANAGEMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM | SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY | — |
| 18708836 | SAFE CODING METHOD FOR TRACKSIDE TRAIN POSITIONING INFORMATION | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 2 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19139007 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE OPERATION OF REAL TRAIN AND SIMULATION TRAIN | JIN, SELENA MENG | 3667 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 18717303 | METHOD FOR REALIZING REMOTE REVERSE OPERATION DURING UNATTENDED TRAIN OPERATION, DEVICE AND MEDIUM | BROWNE, SCOTT A | 3666 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18876686 | CTC-BASED TRAIN OPERATION ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS | PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE | 3624 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18720610 | INTELLIGENT BROWSING APPARATUS BASED ON RAILWAY SIGNAL SYSTEM MONITORING DATA | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18719131 | INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR RAIL TRANSIT OPERATION SAFETY | GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M | 3665 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18716876 | MARSHALLED TRAIN MANAGEMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM | SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY | 3669 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18708836 | SAFE CODING METHOD FOR TRACKSIDE TRAIN POSITIONING INFORMATION | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCasco Signal Ltd. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 7 examiners.
Selena Meng Jin has the most, with 1 of Casco Signal Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
