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
Crane Payment Innovations Limited is currently handling 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Both of these actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, Jeffrey Alan Shapiro. This indicates examiner consistency for the company's current active matters.
Jeffrey Alan Shapiro is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, as he is responsible for 2 pending office actions. Furthermore, these actions are located within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration means that the company's entire current prosecution effort in this technology area is being reviewed by a single individual within a specialized unit at the USPTO.
The fact that a distinct examiner is managing the 2 pending office actions suggests that the outcomes for these cases may be correlated. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination style of Shapiro, as his decisions impact the current pending actions. The 1 distinct art unit involved further reinforces the technical focus of these active matters.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN | 2 | 55.1% | +15.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18842789 | MONEY ITEM HANDLING APPARATUS AND METHODS | SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18842789 | MONEY ITEM HANDLING APPARATUS AND METHODS | SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN | — |
| 18252028 | AUTOMATED MONEY ITEM HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION | SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18842789 | MONEY ITEM HANDLING APPARATUS AND METHODS | SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18252028 | AUTOMATED MONEY ITEM HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION | SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
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