Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 17, 2026

Etn Capital LLC

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (67%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
1
Business / Other
33% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GUADALUPE, YARITZA 1 82.2% +15.0%
VARMA, AKASH K 1 66.4% +34.4%
SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 1 83.6% +13.0%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18414778 Vehicle Leveling System and Method of Achieving Absolute Flatness SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER —

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18891224 Vehicle Leveling System and Method for Leveling Vehicles Using Audible or Human Sensory Feedback GUADALUPE, YARITZA —
18581053 Black Water Holding Tank Treatment and Method VARMA, AKASH K —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18891224 Vehicle Leveling System and Method for Leveling Vehicles Using Audible or Human Sensory Feedback GUADALUPE, YARITZA —
18581053 Black Water Holding Tank Treatment and Method VARMA, AKASH K —
18414778 Vehicle Leveling System and Method of Achieving Absolute Flatness SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1773 1
3615 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18891224 Vehicle Leveling System and Method for Leveling Vehicles Using Audible or Human Sensory Feedback GUADALUPE, YARITZA — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2024
18581053 Black Water Holding Tank Treatment and Method VARMA, AKASH K 1773 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 19, 2024
18414778 Vehicle Leveling System and Method of Achieving Absolute Flatness SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 3615 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 17, 2024

Managing Etn Capital LLC's Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month