Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Clics LLC maintains a portfolio with 3 pending office actions concentrated in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Despite having multiple actions, the portfolio is highly centralized at the organizational level, with all matters residing in 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a consistent examination framework for the company's current filings, as the 3 pending office actions are likely subject to the same internal art unit policies and technical standards.
The 3 pending office actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, including PANCHOLI, VISHAL J, who is the busiest with 1 pending office action. Because each of the 3 distinct examiners handles exactly one case, the prosecution strategy may need to account for individual examiner preferences within the single art unit. The involvement of 3 distinct examiners for only 3 pending office actions indicates that the company must manage several different professional relationships even while its technical focus remains narrow.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARROLL, JEREMY W | 1 | 74.8% | +12.3% |
| PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 1 | 72.8% | +25.3% |
| TEFERA, HIWOT E | 1 | 74.2% | +25.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18877603 | WIPER CLEANING DEVICE | CARROLL, JEREMY W | — |
| 18877545 | DUCKBILL NOZZLE ASSEMBLY | PANCHOLI, VISHAL 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18759246 | SMART CABINET | TEFERA, HIWOT E | 41d |
| 18877603 | WIPER CLEANING DEVICE | CARROLL, JEREMY W | — |
| 18877545 | DUCKBILL NOZZLE ASSEMBLY | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3637 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18877603 | WIPER CLEANING DEVICE | CARROLL, JEREMY W | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18877545 | DUCKBILL NOZZLE ASSEMBLY | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18759246 | SMART CABINET | TEFERA, HIWOT E | 3637 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
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