Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fulcrum Global Technologies Inc. currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R is the busiest examiner for the company, handling 2 pending office actions. This means that STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R is responsible for more actions than any other individual examiner.
The remaining 2 actions are split between the other 2 distinct examiners. The presence of 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's mechanical and e-commerce innovations are categorized into several different technical areas. With 4 pending office actions, the company maintains a moderate level of activity. Practitioners should prioritize their interactions with STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R given his 2 pending actions. The distribution across 3 art units may require different technical arguments for each pending case. This portfolio structure shows a mix of concentration and variety in its prosecution.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 3 (75%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 2 | 37.1% | +28.3% |
| LEMIEUX, JESSICA | 1 | 65.2% | +23.6% |
| KWONG, CHO YIU | 1 | 32.3% | +4.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17704833 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING BILLING QUOTES WHICH ACCOUNT FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 71d overdue |
| 18380521 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CREATION OF FEE AGREEMENTS FOR TIMEKEEPING AND BILLING FOR PROFESSIONALS AND CONSULTANTS | KWONG, CHO YIU | 55d |
| 19004096 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REARRANGING ICONS ON A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | — |
| 18385156 | COMPUTER STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PLURALITY OF TIMEKEEPING ENTRIES | LEMIEUX, JESSICA | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17704833 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING BILLING QUOTES WHICH ACCOUNT FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 71d overdue |
| 19004096 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REARRANGING ICONS ON A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | — |
| 18385156 | COMPUTER STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PLURALITY OF TIMEKEEPING ENTRIES | LEMIEUX, JESSICA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3623 | 2 |
| 3600 | 1 |
| 3693 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19004096 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REARRANGING ICONS ON A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 3623 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18385156 | COMPUTER STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PLURALITY OF TIMEKEEPING ENTRIES | LEMIEUX, JESSICA | 3600 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18380521 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CREATION OF FEE AGREEMENTS FOR TIMEKEEPING AND BILLING FOR PROFESSIONALS AND CONSULTANTS | KWONG, CHO YIU | 3693 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 17704833 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING BILLING QUOTES WHICH ACCOUNT FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 3623 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 71d overdue | Pending | Mar 25, 2022 |
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