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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Foodfx Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. The company's current patent efforts are centralized within a single examination channel, indicating a focused attempt to secure rights for a specific mechanical or transportation-related innovation. This concentration in 1 art unit suggests that the innovation is viewed as a specialized development within its field. The streamlined prosecution path allows for a highly targeted approach to addressing office actions.
LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This examiner handles the only active case in the portfolio. The concentration in 1 art unit suggests the technology is being assessed within a specific transportation or mechanical framework. For the company, the resolution of this 1 pending action is the primary focus of its current patent prosecution. The examiner's feedback will be the sole factor determining the immediate path forward for this mechanical systems application. Practitioners should tailor their technical arguments to the specific requirements of this 1 examiner in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE | 1 | 16.8% | +31.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17542066 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FOODSERVICE WITH IOT-BASED DIETARY TRACKING | LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17542066 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FOODSERVICE WITH IOT-BASED DIETARY TRACKING | LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3684 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17542066 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FOODSERVICE WITH IOT-BASED DIETARY TRACKING | LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE | 3684 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2021 |
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