Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Harvestx Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. SHARIFF, MICHAEL ADAM is the busiest examiner, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action represents the company's entire 1 pending office action. The focus on 1 distinct art unit within the communications sector indicates a specific technical application currently under USPTO review.
Because there is only 1 pending office action, the company's immediate patent strategy is concentrated on a single point of contact within the USPTO. This lack of diversification in examiners or art units means that the company's current patent prospects are tied to the evaluation of SHARIFF, MICHAEL ADAM within that 1 distinct art unit. Practitioners should focus on the specific preferences and history of this 1 distinct examiner. The alignment of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit suggests a narrow and specific focus in the company's current communications filings. This 1 pending office action is the only one currently being evaluated for Harvestx Inc.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHARIFF, MICHAEL ADAM | 1 | 80.8% | +24.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18598403 | AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | SHARIFF, MICHAEL ADAM | 42d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18598403 | AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | SHARIFF, MICHAEL ADAM | 42d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2672 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18598403 | AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | SHARIFF, MICHAEL ADAM | 2672 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
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