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
Indian Institute Of Science (Iisc) is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a singular and focused point of interaction with the patent office for the institution's current active filings. The institution can benefit from the consistency provided by having a single examiner and art unit manage its active prosecution.
WHITAKER, ANDREW B is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Given that the total number of pending office actions is 1, this examiner is responsible for the institution's entire current prosecution workload. This concentration suggests a straightforward administrative path for the pending application.
The alignment of 1 distinct art unit with the 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area provides a clear technical context for the examination. Practitioners can focus their strategy on the specific requirements of this art unit and the individual review style of WHITAKER, ANDREW B.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITAKER, ANDREW B | 1 | 18.7% | +18.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18385288 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPING | WHITAKER, ANDREW B | 44d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18385288 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPING | WHITAKER, ANDREW B | 44d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3629 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18385288 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPING | WHITAKER, ANDREW B | 3629 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialIndian Institute Of Science (Iisc) has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Andrew B Whitaker has the most, with 1 of Indian Institute Of Science (Iisc)'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
