Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fuse Energy Technologies Corp. currently has 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners, yet both are located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that while different individuals are reviewing the applications, the technical subject matter is consistent enough to be handled by a single administrative division. This centralization can lead to more uniform technical feedback across the portfolio.
GARNER, LILY CRABTREE is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for exactly half of the current pending workload. The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests a concentrated technical strategy within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. This profile shows that Fuse Energy Technologies Corp. is engaging with multiple examiners while maintaining a narrow technical scope for its 2 pending office actions, requiring consistency in arguments presented to the single art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | 1 | 68.2% | +16.2% |
| DAVIS, SHARON M | 1 | 68.0% | +26.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18850540 | PLASMA FOCUS SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH ENHANCED NEUTRON YIELD | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18850540 | PLASMA FOCUS SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH ENHANCED NEUTRON YIELD | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | — |
| 18261700 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING RADIONUCLIDES USING NEUTRON ACTIVATION | DAVIS, SHARON M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3646 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18850540 | PLASMA FOCUS SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH ENHANCED NEUTRON YIELD | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18261700 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING RADIONUCLIDES USING NEUTRON ACTIVATION | DAVIS, SHARON M | 3646 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
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