Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hutchinson S A operates within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area with 3 pending office actions. These actions are managed by 2 distinct examiners, indicating some level of examiner overlap within the portfolio. Specifically, NADA MAHYOOB ALQADERI is the busiest examiner, responsible for 2 pending office actions. This concentration means that a majority of the company's current prosecution outcomes depend on the decisions of a single examiner.
The portfolio is distributed across 2 distinct art units, aligning with the small number of pending actions and examiners. With 2 pending actions assigned to ALQADERI, the company's strategy is heavily influenced by the specific art units and personnel involved. Practitioners should focus on the actions under ALQADERI's review, as they represent a large portion of the 3 pending office actions currently active. The limited scope of 2 distinct art units and 2 distinct examiners suggests a highly focused set of applications within the broader transportation technology area.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 2 (67%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB | 2 | 76.2% | +32.1% |
| JOHNSTONE, ADRIENNE C | 1 | 63.2% | +35.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19260815 | Wheel Performance Monitoring and Feedback System For Vehicle Control | ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB | — |
| 19092531 | Wheel Performance Monitoring and Feedback System For Vehicle Control | ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16902556 | System Including Pressurized Load Cells | JOHNSTONE, ADRIENNE C | 2d overdue |
| 19260815 | Wheel Performance Monitoring and Feedback System For Vehicle Control | ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB | — |
| 19092531 | Wheel Performance Monitoring and Feedback System For Vehicle Control | ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3664 | 1 |
| 1749 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19260815 | Wheel Performance Monitoring and Feedback System For Vehicle Control | ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB | 3664 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19092531 | Wheel Performance Monitoring and Feedback System For Vehicle Control | ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 16902556 | System Including Pressurized Load Cells | JOHNSTONE, ADRIENNE C | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2020 |
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