Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Commonwealth Edison Company currently maintains 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR, who is also listed as the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This indicates a focused and singular point of prosecution for the company's current filings.
The activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit, which suggests that the company's patent interests in this area are currently limited to a specific technical niche. With only 1 distinct examiner involved, the prosecution outcomes are dependent on the interactions with SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR. The 1 pending office action represents the total volume of active examiner engagement for the portfolio.
For patent practitioners, the presence of 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner means there is no diversification of examination risk at this time. The 1 busiest examiner pending action is the active matter requiring attention. This 1 pending office action defines the current state of the company's patent pipeline in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | 1 | 48.8% | +42.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18409966 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE SMART METER AND A SMART METER OUTLET | SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | 3d overdue |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18409966 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE SMART METER AND A SMART METER OUTLET | SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | 3d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3627 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18409966 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE SMART METER AND A SMART METER OUTLET | SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | 3627 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
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