Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Commcap America Inc. is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are both assigned to 1 distinct examiner, RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM, who is the busiest examiner. The portfolio's activity is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit.
Because RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM handles the 2 busiest examiner pending actions, they have complete control over the company's current prosecution. This concentration in 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit means that the company's entire active portfolio is subject to the same individual's review and the same art unit's standards. There is no diversity in the current workload to provide alternative prosecution paths.
For the practitioner, this means that any feedback received on one of the 2 pending office actions is likely highly relevant to the other. A consistent strategy is essential, as the same examiner will be reviewing both cases. The focus on 1 distinct art unit allows for specialized technical arguments, but the reliance on RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM makes understanding their specific examination style the most important factor for success.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 2 | 26.3% | +23.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18052915 | System, Method, and Platform for Providing Support and Financial Resources for Small Businesses | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 66d overdue |
| 16412094 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PLATFORM FOR MANAGING TRANSACTIONS SUPPORTING CAUSES | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 26d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18052915 | System, Method, and Platform for Providing Support and Financial Resources for Small Businesses | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 66d overdue |
| 16412094 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PLATFORM FOR MANAGING TRANSACTIONS SUPPORTING CAUSES | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 26d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3626 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18052915 | System, Method, and Platform for Providing Support and Financial Resources for Small Businesses | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 3626 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 66d overdue | Pending | Nov 05, 2022 |
| 16412094 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PLATFORM FOR MANAGING TRANSACTIONS SUPPORTING CAUSES | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 3626 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | May 14, 2019 |
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