Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
17 pending office actions • 8 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Climate LLC has 16 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 16 distinct examiners, meaning no pending matters share the same examiner. This total lack of examiner overlap requires a diversified management strategy for the company's legal team.
While the examiners are all unique, they are grouped within 8 distinct art units. This indicates that the 8 distinct art units contain multiple examiners working on the company's files. The busiest examiner, GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER, holds 1 busiest examiner pending office action, which is the same workload as every other examiner involved.
The presence of 8 distinct art units suggests that the pending office actions cover a variety of technical sub-fields within mechanical systems and e-commerce. Because there are 16 distinct examiners, the company must navigate different individual perspectives during prosecution. GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER handles 1 pending action, and the concentration into art units may allow for some consistency in broader policy trends.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 3 (18%) |
| §101 + other | 7 (41%) |
| §103 only | 4 (24%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (18%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER | 1 | 16.1% | +33.9% |
| GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH | 1 | 14.6% | +16.6% |
| WEBER, TAMARA L | 1 | 87.3% | +11.9% |
| LEE, PO HAN | 1 | 31.7% | +41.2% |
| CATO, MIYA J | 1 | 76.7% | +12.7% |
| SHIN, ANDREW | 1 | 75.9% | +16.3% |
| GUILIANO, CHARLES A | 1 | 37.5% | +37.9% |
| CAMBY, RICHARD M | 1 | 89.3% | +6.4% |
| WARNER, PHILIP N | 1 | 38.1% | +29.2% |
| WILDER, ANDREW H | 1 | 62.6% | +58.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18202250 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN PLANTING SEEDS IN GROWING SPACES | TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE | 73d overdue |
| 17698672 | DETERMINING UNCERTAINTY OF AGRONOMIC PREDICTIONS | NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | 6d |
| 19368216 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENSURING COMPLIANCE OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS | GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER | — |
| 19282737 | Hybrid Seed Selection And Seed Portfolio Optimization By Field | GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH | — |
| 19232427 | Updating Execution Of Tasks Of An Agricultural Prescription | WEBER, TAMARA L | — |
| 19088664 | Systems And Methods For Use In Planting Seeds In Growing Spaces | LEE, PO HAN | — |
| 19012750 | Methods For Generating Soil Maps And Application Prescriptions | SHIN, ANDREW | — |
| 18988735 | Digital Modeling And Tracking Of Agricultural Fields For Implementing Agricultural Field Trials | GUILIANO, CHARLES A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19368216 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENSURING COMPLIANCE OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS | GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER | — |
| 19282737 | Hybrid Seed Selection And Seed Portfolio Optimization By Field | GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH | — |
| 19232427 | Updating Execution Of Tasks Of An Agricultural Prescription | WEBER, TAMARA L | — |
| 19088664 | Systems And Methods For Use In Planting Seeds In Growing Spaces | LEE, PO HAN | — |
| 19064529 | Systems And Methods For Processing Images Related To Boundaries | CATO, MIYA J | — |
| 19012750 | Methods For Generating Soil Maps And Application Prescriptions | SHIN, ANDREW | — |
| 18988735 | Digital Modeling And Tracking Of Agricultural Fields For Implementing Agricultural Field Trials | GUILIANO, CHARLES A | — |
| 18940224 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN APPLYING TREATMENTS TO CROPS IN FIELDS | WARNER, PHILIP N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 2 |
| 3626 | 1 |
| 3623 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 2657 | 1 |
| 2614 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 2121 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19368216 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENSURING COMPLIANCE OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS | GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER | 3626 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 19282737 | Hybrid Seed Selection And Seed Portfolio Optimization By Field | GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 |
| 19232427 | Updating Execution Of Tasks Of An Agricultural Prescription | WEBER, TAMARA L | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 19088664 | Systems And Methods For Use In Planting Seeds In Growing Spaces | LEE, PO HAN | — | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19064529 | Systems And Methods For Processing Images Related To Boundaries | CATO, MIYA J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19012750 | Methods For Generating Soil Maps And Application Prescriptions | SHIN, ANDREW | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18988735 | Digital Modeling And Tracking Of Agricultural Fields For Implementing Agricultural Field Trials | GUILIANO, CHARLES A | 3623 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18956387 | HIGHLY RESPONSIVE FARMING SYSTEMS WITH EXTRAORDINARY IN-SEASON OPTIMIZATION | CAMBY, RICHARD M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18940224 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN APPLYING TREATMENTS TO CROPS IN FIELDS | WARNER, PHILIP N | 3624 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18741252 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN ASSESSING TREATMENT TRIALS IN AGRICULTURAL FIELDS | WILDER, ANDREW H | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18692320 | Systems And Methods For Identifying And Translating Changes In User Interface Text For A Software Application | SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN | 2657 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18410962 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CROP DISEASES IN GROWING SPACES | KASSIM, HAFIZ A | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18382987 | Flagging Operational Differences In Agricultural Implements | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 2857 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18226215 | Methods And Systems For Use In Mapping Tillage Based On Remote Data | LE, SARAH | 2614 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18202250 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN PLANTING SEEDS IN GROWING SPACES | TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE | 3625 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 73d overdue | Pending | May 25, 2023 |
| 17745325 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED CALCULATION OF CORN HARVEST RECOMMENDATIONS | WHITE, DYLAN C | 2121 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2022 |
| 17698672 | DETERMINING UNCERTAINTY OF AGRONOMIC PREDICTIONS | NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | 2857 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Mar 18, 2022 |
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