Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Haptech Inc. has 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct art units, which means each pending matter is being reviewed in a different specialized section of the office. The prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each of the 2 pending office actions is handled by a different individual.
ELDRED, JOHN W is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, though he is currently responsible for 1 pending office action. This 1 action managed by ELDRED, JOHN W is part of the 2 total pending actions for Haptech Inc. The distribution of 2 actions across 2 distinct art units and 2 distinct examiners indicates a distributed prosecution effort.
Practitioners managing these 2 pending office actions must navigate the specific requirements of the 2 different art units involved. Even with only 2 actions, the use of 2 distinct examiners requires attention to detail to maintain consistency. The 1 pending office action under ELDRED, JOHN W represents the primary point of contact for the company's current work in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELDRED, JOHN W | 1 | 77.8% | +8.1% |
| ANTOINE, LISA HOPE | 1 | 16.1% | +67.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18581658 | HAPTIC SYSTEM FOR A FIREARM SIMULATOR | ANTOINE, LISA HOPE | 62d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18581658 | HAPTIC SYSTEM FOR A FIREARM SIMULATOR | ANTOINE, LISA HOPE | 62d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3641 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19340989 | RECOIL MODULE WITH A LINEAR MOTOR | ELDRED, JOHN W | 3641 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 18581658 | HAPTIC SYSTEM FOR A FIREARM SIMULATOR | ANTOINE, LISA HOPE | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
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