Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Evenflo Company Inc. maintains 8 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are spread across 8 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units. This distribution shows that every pending action is being handled by a different individual, creating a diverse set of prosecution environments. The presence of 6 distinct art units for the 8 actions suggests that the company's mechanical and transportation technologies are being evaluated across several different specialized groups.
Troy Alan Libby is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, though he is responsible for only 1 pending office action. Because each of the 8 examiners handles exactly 1 pending action, no single individual has a dominant influence over the company's current matters. This variety requires a flexible strategy to address the differing standards of the 8 examiners involved. Practitioners should be prepared to navigate the specific nuances of each examiner while coordinating across the 6 different art units to maintain overall portfolio consistency.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (88%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISLAM, SYED A | 1 | 67.9% | +22.2% |
| LIBBY, TROY ALAN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 1 | 63.4% | +73.3% |
| CHEN, JOSE V | 1 | 78.0% | +15.1% |
| WILSON, BRIAN P | 1 | 62.4% | +41.4% |
| WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | 1 | 77.6% | +26.5% |
| SHRIVER II, JAMES A | 1 | 50.7% | -20.4% |
| FRICK, EMMA K | 1 | 70.7% | +20.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18439930 | JUVENILE WHEELED GOOD WITH BAG HOLDER | WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | 11d overdue |
| 19022738 | CHILD CAR SEAT WITH ROTATIONAL LOCK | ISLAM, SYED A | — |
| 18976632 | CHILD CAR SEAT BELT GUIDE | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | — |
| 18976017 | CAR SEAT ARM LOCK INDICATOR | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | — |
| 18976020 | INFANT CAR SEAT BASE WITH ROTATING TRAY | CHEN, JOSE V | — |
| 18659961 | CHILD ENVIRONMENT MONITORING SYSTEM | WILSON, BRIAN P | — |
| 18240121 | WHEELED CHILD CARRIER WITH PET BASKET | FRICK, EMMA K | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18439930 | JUVENILE WHEELED GOOD WITH BAG HOLDER | WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | 11d overdue |
| 19022738 | CHILD CAR SEAT WITH ROTATIONAL LOCK | ISLAM, SYED A | — |
| 18976017 | CAR SEAT ARM LOCK INDICATOR | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | — |
| 18976020 | INFANT CAR SEAT BASE WITH ROTATING TRAY | CHEN, JOSE V | — |
| 18659961 | CHILD ENVIRONMENT MONITORING SYSTEM | WILSON, BRIAN P | — |
| 18240121 | WHEELED CHILD CARRIER WITH PET BASKET | FRICK, EMMA K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3613 | 3 |
| 3636 | 2 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3637 | 1 |
| 2689 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19022738 | CHILD CAR SEAT WITH ROTATIONAL LOCK | ISLAM, SYED A | 3636 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18976632 | CHILD CAR SEAT BELT GUIDE | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | 3636 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18976017 | CAR SEAT ARM LOCK INDICATOR | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 3619 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18976020 | INFANT CAR SEAT BASE WITH ROTATING TRAY | CHEN, JOSE V | 3637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18659961 | CHILD ENVIRONMENT MONITORING SYSTEM | WILSON, BRIAN P | 2689 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18439930 | JUVENILE WHEELED GOOD WITH BAG HOLDER | WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | 3613 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18411550 | WAGON ASSEMBLY WITH ROTATING HANDLE | SHRIVER II, JAMES A | 3613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 85d | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18240121 | WHEELED CHILD CARRIER WITH PET BASKET | FRICK, EMMA K | 3613 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
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