Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Hunter Douglas Industries Switzerland GmbH is active in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area with 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. The alignment of a single action with a single art unit indicates a specific technical review process for this particular filing, which can streamline the communication between the applicant and the USPTO.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is RAMSEY, JEREMY C, who handles the 1 pending office action. With only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's immediate success in this technology area relies on addressing the specific requirements of this examiner. This focused prosecution profile allows for a targeted legal approach within the 1 distinct art unit. The applicant can concentrate resources on resolving the issues raised in this 1 pending office action, as there are no other active matters currently complicating the prosecution landscape.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 2 | 52.5% | +46.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18691518 | VERTICAL BLIND COMPRISING MULTIPLE STRIP-SHAPED SHADING ELEMENTS | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 12d |
| 18789840 | BEARING FOR SUPPORTING THE WINDING SHAFT OF A SHADE SYSTEM AND SHADE SYSTEM WITH SUCH A BEARING | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 29d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18691518 | VERTICAL BLIND COMPRISING MULTIPLE STRIP-SHAPED SHADING ELEMENTS | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 12d |
| 18789840 | BEARING FOR SUPPORTING THE WINDING SHAFT OF A SHADE SYSTEM AND SHADE SYSTEM WITH SUCH A BEARING | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 29d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18789840 | BEARING FOR SUPPORTING THE WINDING SHAFT OF A SHADE SYSTEM AND SHADE SYSTEM WITH SUCH A BEARING | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 3634 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18691518 | VERTICAL BLIND COMPRISING MULTIPLE STRIP-SHAPED SHADING ELEMENTS | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 3634 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
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