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
Human Centred Innovations Pty Ltd. operates within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The company currently has 1 pending office action, which is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner. This prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a focused examination process for the company's mechanical or e-commerce innovations. Such a concentrated profile indicates that the company is currently prioritizing a specific technological path within its broader industry.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is OSTROW, ALAN LINDSAY, who is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the total number of pending office actions is 1, this examiner is the sole point of contact for the company's current patent applications. The alignment of the portfolio within a single art unit and under a single examiner indicates that the current prosecution strategy is concentrated on a specific technological niche. This allows the applicant to focus all efforts on the requirements of 1 distinct examiner, potentially streamlining the path to allowance for the pending application.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSTROW, ALAN LINDSAY | 1 | 73.1% | +24.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18028983 | VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL SOCIAL ROBOT WITH HUMANOID FEATURES | OSTROW, ALAN LINDSAY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18028983 | VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL SOCIAL ROBOT WITH HUMANOID FEATURES | OSTROW, ALAN LINDSAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3657 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18028983 | VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL SOCIAL ROBOT WITH HUMANOID FEATURES | OSTROW, ALAN LINDSAY | 3657 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
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