Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Deutsche Post AG is managing 9 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 9 actions are spread across 9 distinct examiners, meaning each pending matter is being reviewed by a different person. These filings are distributed among 4 distinct art units, showing technical concentration despite the variety of examiners. The 4 distinct art units indicate that the portfolio covers several specialized areas within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
The busiest examiner, RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C, holds 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the 9 pending office actions are handled by 9 distinct examiners, the company faces a decentralized prosecution environment. Practitioners must adapt to the individual styles of the 9 distinct examiners while navigating the specific rules of the 4 distinct art units involved. This distribution requires a strategy that ensures consistency across the 9 pending office actions despite the lack of examiner overlap.
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 + other | 2 (25%) |
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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, JOSEPH C | 1 | 78.4% | +15.8% |
| MA, LISA | 1 | 47.7% | +44.8% |
| TIGHE, BRENDAN P | 1 | 76.0% | +19.3% |
| SECK, AHMED F | 1 | 70.0% | +18.2% |
| HARP, WILLIAM RAY | 1 | 79.1% | +10.8% |
| NGUYEN, NAM V | 1 | 78.5% | +14.3% |
| VETTER, DANIEL | 1 | 20.1% | +9.0% |
| MURRAY, WAYNE SCOTT | 1 | 44.9% | +46.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18966691 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Whether a Piece of Information Authorizes Access to a Compartment of a Compartment System | MA, LISA | — |
| 18950322 | Mobile Changing Unit for Inserting a Battery Module | TIGHE, BRENDAN P | — |
| 18929983 | Conveyor system with a device for generating electricity | SECK, AHMED F | — |
| 18913167 | Method and Means for Monitoring a Conveying Device | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | — |
| 18814885 | Biometric Information for Collecting a Shipment | NGUYEN, NAM V | — |
| 18637561 | Module for Determining a Shipping Option | VETTER, DANIEL | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18970385 | Process for Redistributing Packages in a Sorting Station | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 138d overdue |
| 18966691 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Whether a Piece of Information Authorizes Access to a Compartment of a Compartment System | MA, LISA | — |
| 18950322 | Mobile Changing Unit for Inserting a Battery Module | TIGHE, BRENDAN P | — |
| 18929983 | Conveyor system with a device for generating electricity | SECK, AHMED F | — |
| 18913167 | Method and Means for Monitoring a Conveying Device | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | — |
| 18814885 | Biometric Information for Collecting a Shipment | NGUYEN, NAM V | — |
| 15159964 | Method and apparatus for causing of unlocking and locking of at least one door of a vehicle for a delivery | MURRAY, WAYNE SCOTT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3628 | 3 |
| 3653 | 2 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18970385 | Process for Redistributing Packages in a Sorting Station | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 3653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 138d overdue | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18966691 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Whether a Piece of Information Authorizes Access to a Compartment of a Compartment System | MA, LISA | 3628 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18950322 | Mobile Changing Unit for Inserting a Battery Module | TIGHE, BRENDAN P | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18929983 | Conveyor system with a device for generating electricity | SECK, AHMED F | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18913167 | Method and Means for Monitoring a Conveying Device | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | 3653 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18814885 | Biometric Information for Collecting a Shipment | NGUYEN, NAM V | 2685 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18637561 | Module for Determining a Shipping Option | VETTER, DANIEL | 3628 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 15159964 | Method and apparatus for causing of unlocking and locking of at least one door of a vehicle for a delivery | MURRAY, WAYNE SCOTT | 3628 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2016 |
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