Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Disablement Technologies And Consulting LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. BERGIN, JAMES S is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests a consistent technical focus for these 2 pending applications.
The presence of 2 distinct examiners within the art unit allows for variety in examiner perspective while maintaining a stable technical environment. Practitioners can leverage the common art unit guidelines while adapting to the individual preferences of the 2 distinct examiners. With 2 pending office actions, the company's current prosecution activity is limited but focused. BERGIN, JAMES S is one of the individuals responsible for reviewing the company's current filings in this technology area.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERGIN, JAMES S | 1 | 79.4% | +10.0% |
| TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | 1 | 77.8% | +11.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18971962 | BLAST, FRAGMENT AND BATTERY FIRE MITIGATION APPARATUS | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19341952 | HALF PIPE DISRUPTER | BERGIN, JAMES S | — |
| 18971962 | BLAST, FRAGMENT AND BATTERY FIRE MITIGATION APPARATUS | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3641 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19341952 | HALF PIPE DISRUPTER | BERGIN, JAMES S | 3641 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 18971962 | BLAST, FRAGMENT AND BATTERY FIRE MITIGATION APPARATUS | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | 3641 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
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