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 • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Headwater Research LLC operates a patent portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio currently has 1 pending office action. This activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit, reflecting the technical classification of the company's current intellectual property. The focus on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems indicates a diverse but technically specific range of innovations.
The company's prosecution involves a distinct examiner. YU, ARIEL J is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This examiner is currently handling the pending office action. Because there is only one examiner and one art unit involved, the current prosecution landscape for the company is very specific and localized within the patent office. This concentration allows the applicant to focus on the examination preferences of YU, ARIEL J, which may lead to a more efficient resolution of the 1 pending office action.
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 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LI, GUANG W | 1 | 78.2% | +23.9% |
| YU, ARIEL J | 1 | 40.3% | +27.4% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18885194 | Security, Fraud Detection, and Fraud Mitigation in Device-Assisted Services Systems | LI, GUANG W | — |
| 18534415 | Wireless End-User Device Providing Ambient or Sponsored Services | YU, ARIEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3627 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18885194 | Security, Fraud Detection, and Fraud Mitigation in Device-Assisted Services Systems | LI, GUANG W | — | §102DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18534415 | Wireless End-User Device Providing Ambient or Sponsored Services | YU, ARIEL J | 3627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
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