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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Exact Control System A S maintains 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, reflecting a focused prosecution effort. The presence of 1 distinct art unit indicates that the current workload is localized within a specific technical division of the patent office. This concentration allows for a targeted approach to managing the company's intellectual property interests.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is STRYKER, NICHOLAS F, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This figure accounts for the total volume of 1 pending office action. For practitioners, the success of the portfolio in this technology area relies on the interactions with this specific examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The alignment of the workload suggests a streamlined point of contact for the company's current patenting activities. This lack of diversification simplifies the monitoring process for the active matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRYKER, NICHOLAS F | 1 | 34.7% | +22.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18832812 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DIFFERENTIAL HEIGHT MODIFICATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE TRAFFIC AREA | STRYKER, NICHOLAS F | 127d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18832812 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DIFFERENTIAL HEIGHT MODIFICATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE TRAFFIC AREA | STRYKER, NICHOLAS F | 127d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3665 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18832812 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DIFFERENTIAL HEIGHT MODIFICATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE TRAFFIC AREA | STRYKER, NICHOLAS F | 3665 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 127d overdue | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
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