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
Eficar Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located in 1 distinct art unit. The current prosecution profile is limited to this single active case, which suggests a highly focused engagement with the patent office. For the applicant, this concentration means that all resources can be directed toward a single set of claims and a single examining authority, which can lead to a more efficient prosecution cycle.
GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 pending office action. As the only examiner involved in the 1 pending office action, Gilkey handles the entirety of the company's current interactions with the patent office. This allows for a direct and focused prosecution strategy within the assigned art unit. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific preferences of this examiner, as their evaluation will determine the outcome for the entire active portfolio. The administrative requirements are simplified because the company only needs to navigate the procedural culture of one specific division.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER | 1 | 16.1% | +33.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18523392 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING VEHICLE PART USABLE FOR USED PART RELATED SERVICE | GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER | 145d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18523392 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING VEHICLE PART USABLE FOR USED PART RELATED SERVICE | GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER | 145d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18523392 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING VEHICLE PART USABLE FOR USED PART RELATED SERVICE | GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER | 3626 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 145d overdue | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
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