Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
11 pending office actions • 3 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (9%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (27%) |
| §103 only | 1 (9%) |
| §102 only | 1 (9%) |
| §112 only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (36%) |
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 | 83.5% | +13.0% |
| PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN | 1 | 69.3% | +12.5% |
| LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP | 1 | 79.3% | +9.9% |
| PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE | 1 | 19.4% | +29.5% |
| JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | 1 | 73.3% | +26.0% |
| EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | 1 | 83.7% | +23.0% |
| MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | 1 | 81.9% | +16.7% |
| MO, XIAO EN | 1 | 80.7% | +6.0% |
| BRADEN, GRACE VICTORIA | 1 | 90.9% | +12.5% |
| KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | 1 | 40.1% | +24.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 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 | — |
| 18706690 | FSK AND LAN PROTOCOL CONVERSION APPARATUS FOR RAIL TRANSIT SIGNAL SYSTEM | BRADEN, GRACE VICTORIA | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. 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 |
| 18013254 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING PLANNED TRAIN OPERATION DIAGRAM | KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | 9d overdue |
| 18708583 | METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SEQUENCING AND MANAGING RAIL TRANSIT LINE RESOURCES | MO, XIAO EN | 4d overdue |
| 19104229 | PUSHING RESCUE TRAIN MANAGEMENT METHOD IN ZONE CONTROLLER, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |
| 18013254 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING PLANNED TRAIN OPERATION DIAGRAM | KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | 9d overdue |
| 19109056 | NETWORK AUTOMATIC TRAIN SUPERVISION SYSTEM FOR URBAN RAIL TRANSIT BASED ON CLOUD PLATFORM | PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18708814 | METHOD FOR COMPILATION OF URBAN RAIL TRANSIT OUTBOUND AND INBOUND OPERATION LINES WITH COORDINATION OF MULTIPLE DEPOTS | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18708797 | TRAIN POSITIONING METHOD BASED ON DYNAMIC MAP | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3747 | 3 |
| 3624 | 2 |
| 2112 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19109056 | NETWORK AUTOMATIC TRAIN SUPERVISION SYSTEM FOR URBAN RAIL TRANSIT BASED ON CLOUD PLATFORM | PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN | 3747 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19104229 | PUSHING RESCUE TRAIN MANAGEMENT METHOD IN ZONE CONTROLLER, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP | 3747 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 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 | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 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 |
| 18708583 | METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SEQUENCING AND MANAGING RAIL TRANSIT LINE RESOURCES | MO, XIAO EN | 3747 | §101 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18706690 | FSK AND LAN PROTOCOL CONVERSION APPARATUS FOR RAIL TRANSIT SIGNAL SYSTEM | BRADEN, GRACE VICTORIA | 2112 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18013254 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING PLANNED TRAIN OPERATION DIAGRAM | KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
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