Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cetres Holdings LLC is currently managing 5 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 5 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, showing a high degree of examiner variety within a relatively narrow administrative scope. This distribution suggests that each of the 5 pending office actions is receiving an independent review from a different examiner.
HERRING, BRENT W is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. This 1 action is part of the 5 pending office actions spread across the 2 distinct art units involved in the company's current prosecution. Despite being the busiest, this examiner only manages 1 of the total pending actions currently active for the company, reflecting the broad distribution of the workload.
The ratio of 5 distinct examiners to 5 pending office actions indicates that every active matter is being reviewed by a different individual. Despite this examiner diversity, the work is concentrated within only 2 distinct art units in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. This suggests that while individual examiner styles may vary, the overarching procedural standards of the 2 distinct art units will likely govern the majority of the portfolio's interactions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERRING, BRENT W | 1 | 69.1% | +16.8% |
| TRAN, PHI DIEU | 1 | 65.5% | +22.2% |
| BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | 1 | 65.5% | +14.9% |
| GLESSNER, BRIAN E | 1 | 35.7% | +26.3% |
| CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T | 1 | 70.7% | +15.1% |
| TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 1 | 66.7% | +27.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17672976 | REINFORCED BUILDING WALL | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 12d |
| 18801468 | ANCHOR ROD ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION | HERRING, BRENT W | — |
| 18368215 | HOLLOW METAL PLATE FOR HOLD DOWN SYSTEMS | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | — |
| 18196477 | ADJUSTABLE ROD HOLDER FOR CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION | GLESSNER, BRIAN E | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17672976 | REINFORCED BUILDING WALL | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 12d |
| 18093905 | CONCRETE BOSS ANCHOR | CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T | 41d |
| 18801468 | ANCHOR ROD ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION | HERRING, BRENT W | — |
| 18734016 | REINFORCED TIE ROD AND A BUILDING WALL USING THE SAME | TRAN, PHI DIEU | — |
| 18368215 | HOLLOW METAL PLATE FOR HOLD DOWN SYSTEMS | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | — |
| 18196477 | ADJUSTABLE ROD HOLDER FOR CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION | GLESSNER, BRIAN E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3633 | 5 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18801468 | ANCHOR ROD ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION | HERRING, BRENT W | 3633 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18734016 | REINFORCED TIE ROD AND A BUILDING WALL USING THE SAME | TRAN, PHI DIEU | 3633 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18368215 | HOLLOW METAL PLATE FOR HOLD DOWN SYSTEMS | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | 3633 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18196477 | ADJUSTABLE ROD HOLDER FOR CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION | GLESSNER, BRIAN E | 3633 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2023 |
| 18093905 | CONCRETE BOSS ANCHOR | CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T | 3633 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
| 17672976 | REINFORCED BUILDING WALL | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 3635 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Feb 16, 2022 |
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