Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Guangzhou Tufa Network Technology Co. Ltd. manages 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are being reviewed by 3 distinct examiners. Despite the variety of individuals involved, all activity is housed within 1 distinct art unit. NGA X NGUYEN is the busiest examiner, holding a single pending office action.
The concentration of the workload in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's technology is being evaluated by a specific group of specialists. While there are multiple examiners, their shared organizational environment may lead to more consistent prosecution standards. NGA X NGUYEN is the only individual named as a busiest examiner in this portfolio.
Practitioners should note that with 3 pending office actions and multiple examiners in a single art unit, there is an opportunity to compare feedback across different applications. The Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area often involves complex mechanical systems, and the current structure allows for a focused approach within one division. The lack of examiner overlap outside of the shared art unit means each case still receives an independent review.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, NGA X | 1 | 77.4% | +5.4% |
| ENGLISH, JAMES A | 1 | 81.0% | +8.0% |
| CATALANO, JACKSON RICHARD | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18983240 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD | NGUYEN, NGA X | 28d |
| 18973080 | COVER PANEL FOR VEHICLE STEM AND VEHICLE | ENGLISH, JAMES A | — |
| 18973083 | STORAGE BOX AND VEHICLE | CATALANO, JACKSON RICHARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3662 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18983240 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD | NGUYEN, NGA X | 3662 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18973080 | COVER PANEL FOR VEHICLE STEM AND VEHICLE | ENGLISH, JAMES A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2024 |
| 18973083 | STORAGE BOX AND VEHICLE | CATALANO, JACKSON RICHARD | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2024 |
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