Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
15 pending office actions • 10 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 53 patents granted in the last 365 days
Geotab Inc. is currently managing 14 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 14 pending office actions are assigned to 14 distinct examiners, resulting in a ratio of 14 examiners to 14 actions. The prosecution spans 9 distinct art units, indicating that the company's innovations are reviewed by several different specialized groups. AHN, HYANG is the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing 1 pending action. This distribution shows a decentralized prosecution landscape where no examiner handles more than 1 case for the company.
For a patent practitioner, the presence of 14 pending office actions across 9 distinct art units requires a strategy that can adapt to the varying standards of different examination groups. With 14 distinct examiners involved, the company's patent prospects are spread across a wide range of individuals, which may lead to a variety of prosecution outcomes. AHN, HYANG, as the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, represents the standard for this portfolio where every case has a unique examiner. This lack of concentration across 9 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector are technically diverse, requiring a broad range of expertise from the 14 distinct examiners assigned to the cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (7%) |
| §101 + other | 5 (33%) |
| §103 only | 7 (47%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (13%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHN, HYANG | 1 | 87.5% | +25.0% |
| CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | 1 | 66.5% | +48.9% |
| TO, TUAN C | 1 | 86.1% | +10.0% |
| JOSEPH, TONYA S | 1 | 24.1% | +19.3% |
| MOREAU, AUSTIN J | 1 | 77.7% | +28.0% |
| DORAISWAMY, RANJIT P | 1 | 64.1% | +41.0% |
| FRANKLIN, RICHARD B | 1 | 83.4% | +0.6% |
| SANTOS, DANIEL JOSEPH | 1 | 71.4% | +32.8% |
| FRAZIER, BRADY W | 1 | 78.4% | +27.3% |
| LOTTER, DAVID E | 1 | 84.8% | +9.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19240684 | CHARACTERIZING A VEHICLE COLLISION | TO, TUAN C | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19175111 | Methods for Shared Vehicle Access | JOSEPH, TONYA S | 23d overdue |
| 18905435 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING VEHICLE SERVICE CENTERS | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 27d |
| 18636836 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING VEHICLE STOP ZONES | KHATIB, RAMI | 53d |
| 18646134 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLANNING A ROUTE USING OPERATOR SAFETY SCORES AND IDENTIFIED HAZARDOUS ZONES AS FACTORS | TALLMAN, BRIAN A | 68d |
| 19407364 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING COMMERCIAL DOMICILES | AHN, HYANG | — |
| 19273867 | SNAP TO ROAD, POPULAR ROUTES, POPULAR STOPS, PREDICTING ROADWAY SPEED, AND CONTIGUOUS REGION IDENTIFICATION | CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | — |
| 19037537 | INTELLIGENT BLUETOOTH BEACON I/O EXPANSION SYSTEM | FRANKLIN, RICHARD B | — |
| 18936065 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TRIP DETECTION IN AN ASSET TRACKER | FRAZIER, BRADY W | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19175111 | Methods for Shared Vehicle Access | JOSEPH, TONYA S | 23d overdue |
| 19052778 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETRIEVING TELEMATICS DATA | DORAISWAMY, RANJIT P | 41d |
| 19407364 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING COMMERCIAL DOMICILES | AHN, HYANG | — |
| 19273867 | SNAP TO ROAD, POPULAR ROUTES, POPULAR STOPS, PREDICTING ROADWAY SPEED, AND CONTIGUOUS REGION IDENTIFICATION | CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | — |
| 19240684 | CHARACTERIZING A VEHICLE COLLISION | TO, TUAN C | — |
| 19081180 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING VEHICLE-RELATED IMAGE DATA | MOREAU, AUSTIN J | — |
| 18960389 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SEGMENTED IMAGE DATA FOR VEHICLES | SANTOS, DANIEL JOSEPH | — |
| 18936065 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TRIP DETECTION IN AN ASSET TRACKER | FRAZIER, BRADY W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3628 | 2 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| 2166 | 1 |
| 2181 | 1 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| 3629 | 1 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19407364 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING COMMERCIAL DOMICILES | AHN, HYANG | 3661 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2025 |
| 19273867 | SNAP TO ROAD, POPULAR ROUTES, POPULAR STOPS, PREDICTING ROADWAY SPEED, AND CONTIGUOUS REGION IDENTIFICATION | CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19240684 | CHARACTERIZING A VEHICLE COLLISION | TO, TUAN C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19175111 | Methods for Shared Vehicle Access | JOSEPH, TONYA S | 3628 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19081180 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING VEHICLE-RELATED IMAGE DATA | MOREAU, AUSTIN J | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19052778 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETRIEVING TELEMATICS DATA | DORAISWAMY, RANJIT P | 2166 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19037537 | INTELLIGENT BLUETOOTH BEACON I/O EXPANSION SYSTEM | FRANKLIN, RICHARD B | 2181 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18960389 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SEGMENTED IMAGE DATA FOR VEHICLES | SANTOS, DANIEL JOSEPH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18936065 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TRIP DETECTION IN AN ASSET TRACKER | FRAZIER, BRADY W | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18913480 | MULTI-BAND ANTENNA DEVICE AND TUNING TECHNIQUES | LOTTER, DAVID E | 2845 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18905435 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING VEHICLE SERVICE CENTERS | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 3629 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18646134 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLANNING A ROUTE USING OPERATOR SAFETY SCORES AND IDENTIFIED HAZARDOUS ZONES AS FACTORS | TALLMAN, BRIAN A | 3628 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 68d | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18636836 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING VEHICLE STOP ZONES | KHATIB, RAMI | 3669 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 53d | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18537014 | Methods for Action Trigger Management in a Telematics Device | KRESS, TABITHA LYNN | 3667 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 17530896 | METHODS FOR CONTROLLING POWER DISTRIBUTION TO VEHICLES | JEPPSON, PAMELA J | 2859 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2021 |
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