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
Global Spatial Technology Solutions Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Both of these actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a highly concentrated technical focus. The prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners, so each case is being reviewed by a different individual within that same division.
SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending action. Since there are 2 pending office actions and a matching number of distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for one case. This setup means that while the art unit standards are consistent, the individual examiner preferences will differ between the two matters.
Practitioners should benefit from the consistency of working within 1 distinct art unit for both pending matters. However, the 2 distinct examiners will still require individualized arguments. The 2 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems represent a focused effort to secure patent rights within a single specialized division of the USPTO, with SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R handling half of the active workload.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R | 1 | 89.8% | +7.8% |
| PAIGE, TYLER D | 1 | 91.0% | +8.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19314394 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR VESSEL RENDEZVOUS DETECTION AND PREDICTION | SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R | — |
| 18674126 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VESSEL IDENTIFICATION | PAIGE, TYLER D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3661 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19314394 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR VESSEL RENDEZVOUS DETECTION AND PREDICTION | SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R | 3661 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 18674126 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VESSEL IDENTIFICATION | PAIGE, TYLER D | — | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialGlobal Spatial Technology Solutions Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Demetra R Smith-Stewart has the most, with 1 of Global Spatial Technology Solutions Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.