Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These actions are divided between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, creating a decentralized prosecution environment where each pending matter is handled by a different examiner in a different art unit. This requires the company to adapt to 2 distinct sets of examiner preferences and art unit cultures. The lack of overlap between the 2 pending office actions suggests that the company's communications technology is being classified into different technical niches.
ZAK, JACQUELINE ROSE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. The presence of 2 distinct art units for only 2 pending office actions highlights the varied technical classifications of the company's patent applications. Practitioners must prepare for separate examination tracks, as the feedback from one examiner in one art unit may have limited relevance to the other pending case.
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 + other | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZAK, JACQUELINE ROSE | 1 | 63.9% | +12.7% |
| MILLS, FRANK D | 1 | 69.5% | +22.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18862152 | VEHICLE GUIDANCE METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON VISUAL SEMANTIC VECTOR, AND DEVICE AND MEDIUM | ZAK, JACQUELINE ROSE | — |
| 18427854 | VEHICLE SLEEP AND WAKE-UP METHOD AND APPARATUS, VEHICLE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | MILLS, FRANK D | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18862152 | VEHICLE GUIDANCE METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON VISUAL SEMANTIC VECTOR, AND DEVICE AND MEDIUM | ZAK, JACQUELINE ROSE | — |
| 18427854 | VEHICLE SLEEP AND WAKE-UP METHOD AND APPARATUS, VEHICLE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | MILLS, FRANK D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2668 | 1 |
| 2194 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18862152 | VEHICLE GUIDANCE METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON VISUAL SEMANTIC VECTOR, AND DEVICE AND MEDIUM | ZAK, JACQUELINE ROSE | 2668 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18427854 | VEHICLE SLEEP AND WAKE-UP METHOD AND APPARATUS, VEHICLE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | MILLS, FRANK D | 2194 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
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