Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cucchi Giovanni & C S R L is currently navigating 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates a prosecution strategy where each pending matter is being handled by a different examiner in a different art unit, requiring the practitioner to adapt to multiple examination styles.
The busiest examiner identified in the portfolio is RODRIGUEZ, SAUL, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. While this examiner is the busiest, they manage a portion of the total workload, as there are 2 pending office actions in total. This suggests that no single examiner has an influence on the entire portfolio, though each of the 2 distinct examiners holds weight over their respective cases.
For the legal team, managing 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct art units requires an understanding of various mechanical system standards. The presence of 2 distinct examiners means that prosecution tactics must be tailored to the preferences of each individual. Practitioners should monitor the progress of the 1 pending action under RODRIGUEZ, SAUL while also attending to the other pending matter to ensure advancement across the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RODRIGUEZ, SAUL | 1 | 44.3% | +36.7% |
| HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT | 1 | 76.4% | +23.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18247533 | APPARATUS FOR CENTERING, GUIDING AND ADVANCING BARS TO BE FED TO MACHINE TOOLS | HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT | 27d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18253843 | Guide device for bars | RODRIGUEZ, SAUL | 36d overdue |
| 18247533 | APPARATUS FOR CENTERING, GUIDING AND ADVANCING BARS TO BE FED TO MACHINE TOOLS | HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT | 27d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3652 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18253843 | Guide device for bars | RODRIGUEZ, SAUL | 3652 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18247533 | APPARATUS FOR CENTERING, GUIDING AND ADVANCING BARS TO BE FED TO MACHINE TOOLS | HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
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