Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Grapevine Codes LLC has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, PATEL, DIPEN M, in 1 distinct art unit. PATEL, DIPEN M is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The portfolio's current activity is limited to this single examiner and art unit, which creates a focused prosecution environment. Practitioners can expect a consistent application of technical standards, as only one reviewer is involved.
The Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area is where the company's 1 pending office action is situated. With only 1 distinct examiner, PATEL, DIPEN M, the applicant's immediate success is tied to a single relationship. This ratio of 1 pending office action to 1 distinct examiner simplifies the management of the portfolio but increases the importance of the 1 pending office action. The practitioner should focus on the specific feedback from PATEL, DIPEN M to move the case toward allowance. Because there are no other pending actions, this single case represents the entirety of the company's current engagement with the patent office within the 1 distinct 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, DIPEN M | 1 | 20.1% | +23.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18963370 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSOCIATING AN OBJECT TO A SPECIFIC PRODUCT TO PROVIDE A BENEFIT TO A FIRST BUYER | PATEL, DIPEN M | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18963370 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSOCIATING AN OBJECT TO A SPECIFIC PRODUCT TO PROVIDE A BENEFIT TO A FIRST BUYER | PATEL, DIPEN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3621 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18963370 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSOCIATING AN OBJECT TO A SPECIFIC PRODUCT TO PROVIDE A BENEFIT TO A FIRST BUYER | PATEL, DIPEN M | 3621 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
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