Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Catalina Marketing Corporation operates within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area with 4 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating some technical focus in its current filings. The company interacts with 3 distinct examiners during the prosecution process. James M Detweiler is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, responsible for 2 pending office actions.
This means 2 of the 4 total pending actions are assigned to a single examiner. Such a concentration suggests that the outcomes of these specific matters could significantly impact the immediate growth of the portfolio. The involvement of 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units shows a relatively consolidated prosecution environment. Practitioners should focus on the actions under James M Detweiler, as his decisions will affect a significant portion of the current pending 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 | 2 (50%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETWEILER, JAMES M | 2 | 38.8% | +43.5% |
| REFAI, SAM M | 1 | 34.9% | +7.4% |
| LONG, MEREDITH A | 1 | 43.2% | +21.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18552275 | AUDIENCE LOCATION SCORING | LONG, MEREDITH A | 93d overdue |
| 19150601 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN DIGITAL MEDIA CREATIVE PERSONALIZATION AND GENERATION USING NATURAL LANGUAGE MODELS | REFAI, SAM M | — |
| 18998825 | SYSTEM TO STREAM REAL TIME EVENTS FROM A PUBLISHER WEBPAGE TO ENABLE REAL WORLD PURCHASE BASED ATTRIBUTION | DETWEILER, JAMES M | — |
| 18305567 | SYSTEM TO ENABLE SPONSORED AD MONETIZATION AND DYNAMIC CONTENT INSERTION AT RUNTIME | DETWEILER, JAMES M | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18552275 | AUDIENCE LOCATION SCORING | LONG, MEREDITH A | 93d overdue |
| 18998825 | SYSTEM TO STREAM REAL TIME EVENTS FROM A PUBLISHER WEBPAGE TO ENABLE REAL WORLD PURCHASE BASED ATTRIBUTION | DETWEILER, JAMES M | — |
| 18305567 | SYSTEM TO ENABLE SPONSORED AD MONETIZATION AND DYNAMIC CONTENT INSERTION AT RUNTIME | DETWEILER, JAMES M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3621 | 3 |
| 3622 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19150601 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN DIGITAL MEDIA CREATIVE PERSONALIZATION AND GENERATION USING NATURAL LANGUAGE MODELS | REFAI, SAM M | 3621 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2025 |
| 18998825 | SYSTEM TO STREAM REAL TIME EVENTS FROM A PUBLISHER WEBPAGE TO ENABLE REAL WORLD PURCHASE BASED ATTRIBUTION | DETWEILER, JAMES M | 3621 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18552275 | AUDIENCE LOCATION SCORING | LONG, MEREDITH A | 3622 | §101 | Final Rejection | 93d overdue | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18305567 | SYSTEM TO ENABLE SPONSORED AD MONETIZATION AND DYNAMIC CONTENT INSERTION AT RUNTIME | DETWEILER, JAMES M | 3621 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
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