Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Goosehead Financial LLC

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Goosehead Financial LLC currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These applications are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This spread indicates that the company's filings are diverse enough to trigger reviews from different technical departments.

NGUYEN, TIEN C is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. Given that there are 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is shared among 2 distinct examiners. This means each examiner is responsible for 1 case, providing a varied perspective on the technology during the prosecution process.

The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's intellectual property spans multiple classifications within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. With 2 pending office actions, the company maintains a steady but small volume of active prosecution. This data points to a portfolio that is beginning to diversify its technical footprint across 2 distinct examiners.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (50%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, TIEN C 1 68.1% +18.5%
POE, KEVIN T 1 39.4% +16.4%

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18597672 QUOTE-TO-ISSUE DIGITAL TRANSACTION SYSTEM NGUYEN, TIEN C —
18232802 CLIENT FACING QUOTING APPLICATION POE, KEVIN T —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18597672 QUOTE-TO-ISSUE DIGITAL TRANSACTION SYSTEM NGUYEN, TIEN C —
18232802 CLIENT FACING QUOTING APPLICATION POE, KEVIN T —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3694 1
3692 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18597672 QUOTE-TO-ISSUE DIGITAL TRANSACTION SYSTEM NGUYEN, TIEN C 3694 §101§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 06, 2024
18232802 CLIENT FACING QUOTING APPLICATION POE, KEVIN T 3692 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 10, 2023

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