Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hangzhou Tsingwayne Technology Co. Ltd. maintains 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners. Both of these examiners operate within 1 distinct art unit, which centralizes the technical review process for the company's current filings. This structure implies that the applications likely share related subject matter that falls under the jurisdiction of a single specialized group at the patent office.
NATALIE F HULS is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action. The total of 2 pending office actions is divided between the 2 distinct examiners. This structure suggests that while the company faces multiple reviews, the examiners are likely colleagues within the 1 distinct art unit. Practitioners can leverage this concentration by looking for consistent patterns in how this specific unit handles Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems applications.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HULS, NATALIE F | 1 | 76.9% | +21.8% |
| FERGUSON, TYLER RAY | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18578282 | RETRACTABLE STEERING WHEEL ARRANGEMENT FOR A STEER-BY-WIRE STEERING SYSTEM | FERGUSON, TYLER RAY | 20d |
| 18843738 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR A BELT DRIVE | HULS, NATALIE F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18843738 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR A BELT DRIVE | HULS, NATALIE F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3611 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18843738 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR A BELT DRIVE | HULS, NATALIE F | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18578282 | RETRACTABLE STEERING WHEEL ARRANGEMENT FOR A STEER-BY-WIRE STEERING SYSTEM | FERGUSON, TYLER RAY | 3611 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
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