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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Guizhou University Of Finance And Economics has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The university's current patent activity is focused on this single active case, which suggests a highly targeted approach to its intellectual property in this field. By operating within 1 distinct art unit, the applicant can focus on the specific procedural requirements and examination trends of that particular office division.
GETACHEW, WODAJO is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action. As the only examiner for the 1 pending office action, this individual oversees the entire active portfolio. This concentration within one art unit and under one examiner simplifies the communication path for the applicant. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific preferences of this examiner, as their evaluation will determine the outcome for the entire active portfolio. The administrative requirements are simplified because the company only needs to navigate the procedural culture of one specific division.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GETACHEW, WODAJO | 1 | 41.3% | +39.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18522267 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING LOCATION PRIVACY IN MOBILE PAYMENT, MEDIUM, DEVICE, AND TERMINAL | GETACHEW, WODAJO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18522267 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING LOCATION PRIVACY IN MOBILE PAYMENT, MEDIUM, DEVICE, AND TERMINAL | GETACHEW, WODAJO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3697 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18522267 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING LOCATION PRIVACY IN MOBILE PAYMENT, MEDIUM, DEVICE, AND TERMINAL | GETACHEW, WODAJO | 3697 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialGuizhou University Of Finance And Economics has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Wodajo Getachew has the most, with 1 of Guizhou University Of Finance And Economics's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
