Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
9 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days
DATALOGIC IP TECH, S.R.L. has 10 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are spread across 9 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units, showing that almost every pending action is being evaluated by a different examiner in a different specialized unit. This high ratio of 9 art units for 10 pending office actions suggests that the company's semiconductor and optics technologies span a wide array of specific technical classifications.
JEPPSON, PAMELA J is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 2 pending office actions. With 9 distinct examiners involved in only 10 actions, the company faces a very decentralized prosecution landscape. Each of the 9 distinct art units likely applies its own specific examination guidelines, requiring a tailored approach for nearly every pending matter in the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 + other | 1 (11%) |
| §103 only | 3 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (56%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEPPSON, PAMELA J | 2 | 64.1% | +24.8% |
| SABAH, HARIS | 1 | 76.9% | +15.6% |
| NIGAM, NATASHA | 1 | 58.1% | +31.8% |
| SMITH, LINDSEY B | 1 | 51.5% | +54.3% |
| MIKELS, MATTHEW | 1 | 81.1% | +20.2% |
| HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. | 1 | 65.5% | +11.6% |
| WAMBST, DAVID ALEXANDER | 1 | 68.4% | +50.0% |
| ESTEVEZ, DAIRON | 1 | 68.4% | -12.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18583408 | SHOPPING SUPPORT SYSTEM PROVIDING ASSISTANCE SUMMONING AND ITEM LOCATION | SMITH, LINDSEY B | 50d overdue |
| 18156230 | TRIANGULATION SENSOR WITH NEAR-ZONE DETECTION | HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. | 35d overdue |
| 18420586 | BARCODE SCANNING WITH AUTOMATIC PICK MODE OPERATION | MIKELS, MATTHEW | 11d overdue |
| 19007374 | FIXED RETAIL SCANNERS AND RELATED METHODS FOR DOCUMENT VALIDATION ASSIST IMPROVEMENTS | SABAH, HARIS | — |
| 18735960 | LIGHT REDIRECTING OPTICAL MODULE FOR A LIGHT CURTAIN AND ITS USE IN A LIGHT CURTAIN | NIGAM, NATASHA | — |
| 17551025 | RESONANT WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER CHARGING PAD FOR UNPLANAR DEVICES | JEPPSON, PAMELA J | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18583408 | SHOPPING SUPPORT SYSTEM PROVIDING ASSISTANCE SUMMONING AND ITEM LOCATION | SMITH, LINDSEY B | 50d overdue |
| 18156230 | TRIANGULATION SENSOR WITH NEAR-ZONE DETECTION | HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. | 35d overdue |
| 18420586 | BARCODE SCANNING WITH AUTOMATIC PICK MODE OPERATION | MIKELS, MATTHEW | 11d overdue |
| 19007374 | FIXED RETAIL SCANNERS AND RELATED METHODS FOR DOCUMENT VALIDATION ASSIST IMPROVEMENTS | SABAH, HARIS | — |
| 18735960 | LIGHT REDIRECTING OPTICAL MODULE FOR A LIGHT CURTAIN AND ITS USE IN A LIGHT CURTAIN | NIGAM, NATASHA | — |
| 18153908 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT FRAUDULENT/SHOPLIFTING ACTIVITIES DURING SELF-CHECKOUT OPERATIONS | WAMBST, DAVID ALEXANDER | — |
| 17569418 | WIRELESS CHARGER ADAPTER | JEPPSON, PAMELA J | — |
| 17551025 | RESONANT WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER CHARGING PAD FOR UNPLANAR DEVICES | JEPPSON, PAMELA J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2859 | 2 |
| 2682 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 3688 | 1 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| 3647 | 1 |
| 2663 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19007374 | FIXED RETAIL SCANNERS AND RELATED METHODS FOR DOCUMENT VALIDATION ASSIST IMPROVEMENTS | SABAH, HARIS | 2682 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18735960 | LIGHT REDIRECTING OPTICAL MODULE FOR A LIGHT CURTAIN AND ITS USE IN A LIGHT CURTAIN | NIGAM, NATASHA | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18583408 | SHOPPING SUPPORT SYSTEM PROVIDING ASSISTANCE SUMMONING AND ITEM LOCATION | SMITH, LINDSEY B | 3688 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18420586 | BARCODE SCANNING WITH AUTOMATIC PICK MODE OPERATION | MIKELS, MATTHEW | 2876 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18156230 | TRIANGULATION SENSOR WITH NEAR-ZONE DETECTION | HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. | 3647 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Jan 18, 2023 |
| 18153908 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT FRAUDULENT/SHOPLIFTING ACTIVITIES DURING SELF-CHECKOUT OPERATIONS | WAMBST, DAVID ALEXANDER | 2663 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2023 |
| 17569418 | WIRELESS CHARGER ADAPTER | JEPPSON, PAMELA J | 2859 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2022 |
| 17646434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ALLOWABLE ROBOT SPEED IN A COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE | ESTEVEZ, DAIRON | 3656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 150d overdue | Pending | Dec 29, 2021 |
| 17551025 | RESONANT WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER CHARGING PAD FOR UNPLANAR DEVICES | JEPPSON, PAMELA J | 2859 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2021 |
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