Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
10 pending office actions • 2 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Casco Signal Ltd. currently has 10 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 9 distinct examiners, indicating that most examiners are handling a single matter for the company. SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending office actions under his review.
The 10 pending office actions are concentrated within 2 distinct art units. This high level of concentration suggests that the company's transportation and mechanical innovations are focused on specific technical domains. Despite the narrow range of 2 distinct art units, the involvement of 9 distinct examiners introduces a variety of individual perspectives into the prosecution process.
Managing 10 pending office actions across only 2 distinct art units allows for some consistency in technical standards, even with multiple examiners involved. Practitioners should monitor the 2 pending office actions assigned to SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER, as this examiner holds the largest individual share of the company's current workload.
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 (10%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (30%) |
| §103 only | 2 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (30%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 2 | 83.6% | +13.0% |
| JIN, SELENA MENG | 1 | 44.8% | +23.6% |
| BROWNE, SCOTT A | 1 | 72.0% | +35.6% |
| PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE | 1 | 18.4% | +27.1% |
| JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | 1 | 73.0% | +20.8% |
| EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | 1 | 83.6% | +23.2% |
| SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY | 1 | 68.8% | +28.1% |
| KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 1 | 77.9% | +18.2% |
| MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | 1 | 81.8% | +16.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18708814 | METHOD FOR COMPILATION OF URBAN RAIL TRANSIT OUTBOUND AND INBOUND OPERATION LINES WITH COORDINATION OF MULTIPLE DEPOTS | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. 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 |
| 18717303 | METHOD FOR REALIZING REMOTE REVERSE OPERATION DURING UNATTENDED TRAIN OPERATION, DEVICE AND MEDIUM | BROWNE, SCOTT A | — |
| 18837010 | INTERCONNECTION AND INTERCOMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL MARSHALLING TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM IN HEAVY HAUL RAILWAY | JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | — |
| 18836292 | AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON ATS TIMETABLE | EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
| 18720610 | INTELLIGENT BROWSING APPARATUS BASED ON RAILWAY SIGNAL SYSTEM MONITORING DATA | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18716876 | MARSHALLED TRAIN MANAGEMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM | SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY | — |
| 18708797 | TRAIN POSITIONING METHOD BASED ON DYNAMIC MAP | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — |
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 8 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 | — |
| 18837010 | INTERCONNECTION AND INTERCOMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL MARSHALLING TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM IN HEAVY HAUL RAILWAY | JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | — |
| 18836292 | AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON ATS TIMETABLE | EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
| 18720610 | INTELLIGENT BROWSING APPARATUS BASED ON RAILWAY SIGNAL SYSTEM MONITORING DATA | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 3667 | 1 |
| 3624 | 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 | — | §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 |
| 18837010 | INTERCONNECTION AND INTERCOMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL MARSHALLING TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM IN HEAVY HAUL RAILWAY | JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18836292 | AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON ATS TIMETABLE | EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18720610 | INTELLIGENT BROWSING APPARATUS BASED ON RAILWAY SIGNAL SYSTEM MONITORING DATA | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18716876 | MARSHALLED TRAIN MANAGEMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM | SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18708836 | SAFE CODING METHOD FOR TRACKSIDE TRAIN POSITIONING INFORMATION | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18708814 | METHOD FOR COMPILATION OF URBAN RAIL TRANSIT OUTBOUND AND INBOUND OPERATION LINES WITH COORDINATION OF MULTIPLE DEPOTS | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18708797 | TRAIN POSITIONING METHOD BASED ON DYNAMIC MAP | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
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