Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
DISCOVERY PURCHASER CORPORATION currently has 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This relationship between actions, examiners, and art units indicates a diverse prosecution landscape. Each application is being reviewed by a different individual in a different administrative section of the patent office, which means there is no overlap in the current examination process. The involvement of 3 distinct examiners ensures that each matter receives an independent technical review.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA, who is currently responsible for 1 pending office action. With 3 pending office actions in total, the workload is spread across the 3 distinct examiners. This distribution requires the applicant to manage three separate prosecution tracks, each with its own examiner and art unit standards. Practitioners must be prepared for different examination styles within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field, as the 3 distinct art units suggest the applications cover a range of technical sub-specialties. Managing these 3 pending office actions requires a versatile approach to the company's mechanical systems technology.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA | 1 | 32.7% | +57.1% |
| CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 1 | 59.6% | +18.6% |
| LIU, SUE XU | 1 | 20.9% | +18.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18253524 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO DISTRIBUTE AIR TREATMENT SUBSTANCE | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 5d overdue |
| 18408220 | ELECTRICAL WEED CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA | — |
| 17123729 | DUST FORMULATION COMPRISING A CARRIER TO WHICH ACTIVE INGREDIENTS ARE APPLIED VIA A SOLVENT | LIU, SUE XU | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18253524 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO DISTRIBUTE AIR TREATMENT SUBSTANCE | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 5d overdue |
| 18408220 | ELECTRICAL WEED CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA | — |
| 17123729 | DUST FORMULATION COMPRISING A CARRIER TO WHICH ACTIVE INGREDIENTS ARE APPLIED VIA A SOLVENT | LIU, SUE XU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3643 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| 1616 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18408220 | ELECTRICAL WEED CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA | 3643 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 18253524 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO DISTRIBUTE AIR TREATMENT SUBSTANCE | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 1774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 17123729 | DUST FORMULATION COMPRISING A CARRIER TO WHICH ACTIVE INGREDIENTS ARE APPLIED VIA A SOLVENT | LIU, SUE XU | 1616 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2020 |
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