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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Crystal Instruments Corporation is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, showing a focused approach to its current patent prosecution. With only one active case, the company's immediate efforts are concentrated on the examiner's review process. This concentration in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area indicates an interest in securing intellectual property for a particular mechanical or e-commerce solution.
The busiest examiner, ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This single action represents the entirety of the company's pending workload, making the examiner's specific feedback the primary focus for the practitioner. Because the portfolio is limited to 1 distinct art unit, the technical arguments can be specialized to meet that unit's specific criteria. Successfully navigating the 1 pending office action will require a clear understanding of the requirements of the assigned examiner and the procedural norms of the 1 distinct art unit involved. The company's current patent office strategy is defined by the progress of this 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN | 1 | 46.9% | +31.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18119801 | OUTDOOR SOUND SOURCE IDENTIFICATION | ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18119801 | OUTDOOR SOUND SOURCE IDENTIFICATION | ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18119801 | OUTDOOR SOUND SOURCE IDENTIFICATION | ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN | 3645 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 09, 2023 |
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