Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ecofasten Solar LLC is managing 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that the company's current patent applications are being reviewed by a small group of specialists within the mechanical systems field. The focus on 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations are concentrated within specific technical niches of the transportation and mechanical sectors.
FORD, GISELE D is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 2 pending office actions. This accounts for 2 of the 3 pending office actions currently active. With only 2 distinct art units involved, the prosecution is concentrated, requiring the company to navigate the specific requirements of a limited number of technical examination groups. The involvement of only 2 distinct examiners for 3 pending office actions indicates a higher level of examiner consistency than seen in more decentralized portfolios.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORD, GISELE D | 2 | 69.7% | +14.2% |
| WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 1 | 73.3% | +30.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18309645 | SOLAR PANEL COUPLING STABILIZATION SYSTEM | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19070198 | ROOF MOUNTING SYSTEM | FORD, GISELE D | — |
| 18544870 | HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT BRACKET FOR ROOF APPLICATIONS | FORD, GISELE D | — |
| 18309645 | SOLAR PANEL COUPLING STABILIZATION SYSTEM | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3633 | 1 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19070198 | ROOF MOUNTING SYSTEM | FORD, GISELE D | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 18544870 | HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT BRACKET FOR ROOF APPLICATIONS | FORD, GISELE D | 3633 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18309645 | SOLAR PANEL COUPLING STABILIZATION SYSTEM | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 3635 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2023 |
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