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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hangzhou Giputa Clothing Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. All 3 of these matters are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, even though they are assigned to 3 distinct examiners. STRIMBU, GREGORY J is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. The concentration of 3 pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technical focus within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area.
While there are 3 distinct examiners, the fact that they all belong to the 1 distinct art unit means they likely follow similar supervisory guidance. STRIMBU, GREGORY J is responsible for 1 pending office action, which is a portion of the total pending workload. Practitioners can use the 1 distinct art unit to their advantage by identifying common trends in how this specific USPTO group handles the company's applications. The 3 pending office actions provide a clear window into the company's current patenting priorities. Managing 3 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit allows for a more unified prosecution strategy than portfolios spread across multiple units.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 1 | 56.4% | +80.4% |
| HANES JR., JOHN | 1 | 47.6% | +38.8% |
| SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 1 | 54.3% | +39.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18306409 | DEVICE FOR LOWERING AND RAISING BLIND | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 27d |
| 19247335 | DRILL-FREE INSTALLATION MECHANISM AND SYSTEM | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18306409 | DEVICE FOR LOWERING AND RAISING BLIND | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 27d |
| 19247335 | DRILL-FREE INSTALLATION MECHANISM AND SYSTEM | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | — |
| 18961986 | GAP-ADJUSTABLE, QUICK NON-PENETRATING INSTALLATION ROLLER BLIND | HANES JR., JOHN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19247335 | DRILL-FREE INSTALLATION MECHANISM AND SYSTEM | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 3634 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 18961986 | GAP-ADJUSTABLE, QUICK NON-PENETRATING INSTALLATION ROLLER BLIND | HANES JR., JOHN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18306409 | DEVICE FOR LOWERING AND RAISING BLIND | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 3634 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
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