Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ei Electronics LLC D/B/A Electro Industries/Gauge Tech manages a portfolio in the Computing & Software technology area. There are currently 3 pending office actions being handled by 3 distinct examiners. This ratio of 3 pending office actions to 3 distinct examiners suggests that the company's current applications are being reviewed independently by different individuals. Such a distribution can lead to varied prosecution timelines across the 3 pending office actions in the Computing & Software sector.
These matters are distributed across 2 distinct art units within the office. The busiest examiner, SOMERS, MARC S, is assigned 1 busiest examiner pending action. Given the total of 3 pending office actions, the workload is spread such that the busiest examiner manages only 1 case. This distribution across 2 distinct art units indicates that the Computing & Software filings are being processed by multiple specialized groups. With 3 distinct examiners involved, the company must navigate different examination styles even though the workload is limited to 2 distinct art units.
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 (33%) |
| Double-patenting 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOMERS, MARC S | 1 | 65.0% | +34.4% |
| SINGH, HIRDEPAL | 1 | 86.5% | +12.3% |
| LE, JOHN H | 1 | 87.8% | +6.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18590307 | METERING ASSEMBLY, SWITCHBOARD CASE, ADAPTER CRADLE AND METHOD OF USE | LE, JOHN H | 84d |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18888682 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING, ANALYZING, BILLING, AND REPORTING DATA FROM INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICES | SOMERS, MARC S | — |
| 18826902 | WIRELESS INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SINGH, HIRDEPAL | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18888682 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING, ANALYZING, BILLING, AND REPORTING DATA FROM INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICES | SOMERS, MARC S | — |
| 18826902 | WIRELESS INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SINGH, HIRDEPAL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2159 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18888682 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING, ANALYZING, BILLING, AND REPORTING DATA FROM INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICES | SOMERS, MARC S | 2159 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18826902 | WIRELESS INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SINGH, HIRDEPAL | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18590307 | METERING ASSEMBLY, SWITCHBOARD CASE, ADAPTER CRADLE AND METHOD OF USE | LE, JOHN H | 2857 | DP | Final Rejection | 84d | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
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