Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ehang Intelligent Equipment (Guangzhou) Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, indicating that each pending case is being handled by a unique examiner in a unique technical group. This high level of distribution suggests that the company's technology is being scrutinized across a wide variety of technical classifications within the transportation and mechanical systems sector. Managing 4 separate actions across 4 different art units requires a broad legal approach to satisfy various examination criteria.
DYER, ANDREW R is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action, which represents 1 of the 4 total pending actions for the company. Since each of the 4 pending actions is assigned to a different examiner, the workload is perfectly distributed across the 4 distinct examiners. This means the company's success in this technology area is not tied to any single examiner's decision-making process. Instead, the company must navigate 4 independent paths to secure its patent rights.
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 only | 1 (25%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DYER, ANDREW R | 1 | 60.0% | +39.6% |
| MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 1 | 59.8% | +25.3% |
| LE, MICHAEL | 1 | 65.8% | +21.6% |
| REINERT, JONATHAN E | 1 | 86.9% | +2.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19130574 | Processing Method and Device for Sensor Data, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium | DYER, ANDREW R | — |
| 18995926 | INSTRUMENT READING DISPLAY METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | LE, MICHAEL | — |
| 18871832 | GROUND SLOPE DETECTION METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | REINERT, JONATHAN E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19130574 | Processing Method and Device for Sensor Data, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium | DYER, ANDREW R | — |
| 19106670 | Environmental Control System Based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | — |
| 18995926 | INSTRUMENT READING DISPLAY METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | LE, MICHAEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3662 | 1 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| 2614 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19130574 | Processing Method and Device for Sensor Data, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium | DYER, ANDREW R | 3662 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19106670 | Environmental Control System Based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 3669 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 18995926 | INSTRUMENT READING DISPLAY METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | LE, MICHAEL | 2614 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18871832 | GROUND SLOPE DETECTION METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | REINERT, JONATHAN E | 3668 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
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