Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Dutch Blacksmith Shop Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, WOOD, DOUGLAS S, and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. This represents a singular and focused engagement with the USPTO for the company's current filing.
WOOD, DOUGLAS S is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. As the only examiner currently reviewing the company's work, his specific feedback is the primary factor in the portfolio's immediate progress. The 1 pending office action is the only active matter reported for this entity.
The use of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit for the 1 pending office action indicates a concentrated prosecution path. This structure allows the applicant to focus on a single set of examiner preferences and art unit standards. The narrow scope of the pending action suggests a targeted approach to securing intellectual property in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOOD, DOUGLAS S | 1 | 78.2% | +11.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19029158 | BENT FERTILIZER KNIFE FOR DUAL SHANK SEEDING UNIT | WOOD, DOUGLAS 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19029158 | BENT FERTILIZER KNIFE FOR DUAL SHANK SEEDING UNIT | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3672 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19029158 | BENT FERTILIZER KNIFE FOR DUAL SHANK SEEDING UNIT | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | 3672 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
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