Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hearth Display Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MANSFIELD, THOMAS L. The prosecution is also limited to 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated effort for the company's current pending matter.
MANSFIELD, THOMAS L is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. This 1 action represents the full extent of the company's pending workload. With only a single examiner and art unit involved, the prosecution of this transportation and mechanical system application is currently focused through a single administrative channel. This means the company's immediate patent goals in this sector are entirely dependent on the review of this one individual, requiring a highly targeted prosecution strategy. Practitioners must be prepared to address the specific technical interpretations of the assigned examiner within their specialized unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | 1 | 51.0% | +32.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18891965 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR BEHAVIOR-DRIVEN INSIGHTS | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18891965 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR BEHAVIOR-DRIVEN INSIGHTS | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3624 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18891965 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR BEHAVIOR-DRIVEN INSIGHTS | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | 3624 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
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