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
Engate Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. The portfolio's current activity is concentrated in this single pending action, which represents the entirety of the company's active prosecution. This 1 pending office action is the focus for the company's efforts to secure patent rights within this technology area.
JOSEPH, TONYA S is the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing 1 pending office action. Since the total number of pending office actions is 1, this examiner is the sole point of contact for the company's active prosecution. The 1 distinct art unit indicates that the current filing is being evaluated within a specific administrative group. Practitioners should analyze the patterns of the assigned examiner and art unit, as they currently hold influence over the company's pending patent outcomes.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOSEPH, TONYA S | 1 | 24.1% | +19.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18288883 | Device, Method and Program for Fan to Perform Gifting | JOSEPH, TONYA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18288883 | Device, Method and Program for Fan to Perform Gifting | JOSEPH, TONYA S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3628 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18288883 | Device, Method and Program for Fan to Perform Gifting | JOSEPH, TONYA S | 3628 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
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