Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Facc AG is managing 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, each handling 1 action. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's technology is being evaluated by 2 different specialized groups. With 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the company must navigate 2 separate sets of examiner expectations.
MAH, CHUCK Y is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending action. The 2 distinct art units further diversify the prosecution landscape for these 2 pending office actions. This distribution requires a tailored approach for each of the 2 distinct examiners across the 2 distinct art units. Each of the 2 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different person, which may lead to different outcomes. Practitioners should coordinate their efforts to ensure that the 2 distinct examiners receive consistent technical information. The 1 pending action per examiner distribution highlights the decentralized nature of these 2 pending office actions.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAH, CHUCK Y | 1 | 79.6% | +10.4% |
| MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 1 | 64.6% | +31.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19101203 | LOCKING DEVICE FOR LOCKING A PIVOTABLY MOUNTED DOOR OF A CONTAINER, IN PARTICULAR A LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR OF AN OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT, AND OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT WITH SUCH A LOCKING DEVICE | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 4d overdue |
| 19135631 | HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR A DOOR OF AN OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT | MAH, CHUCK Y | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19101203 | LOCKING DEVICE FOR LOCKING A PIVOTABLY MOUNTED DOOR OF A CONTAINER, IN PARTICULAR A LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR OF AN OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT, AND OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT WITH SUCH A LOCKING DEVICE | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 4d overdue |
| 19135631 | HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR A DOOR OF AN OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT | MAH, CHUCK Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 1 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19135631 | HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR A DOOR OF AN OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT | MAH, CHUCK Y | 3677 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19101203 | LOCKING DEVICE FOR LOCKING A PIVOTABLY MOUNTED DOOR OF A CONTAINER, IN PARTICULAR A LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR OF AN OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT, AND OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT WITH SUCH A LOCKING DEVICE | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
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