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 • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Industrial Vacuum Transfer Services Usa LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Both actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, DILLON JR, JOSEPH A, within 1 distinct art unit. As the busiest examiner, DILLON JR, JOSEPH A handles 2 pending actions. This total consolidation means the prosecution outcomes for the current portfolio are entirely determined by one examiner and one art unit. Practitioners can leverage this concentration by developing a consistent technical narrative that addresses the specific preferences of DILLON JR, JOSEPH A.
The presence of 2 pending office actions under a single examiner in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area is an advantage for maintaining consistency. DILLON JR, JOSEPH A, as the busiest examiner with 2 pending actions, has a comprehensive view of the company's current filings. This allows the applicant to ensure that arguments made in one case do not contradict those made in the other. With only 1 distinct art unit involved, the technical standards are also likely to be uniform. The practitioner's primary goal should be to build a rapport with DILLON JR, JOSEPH A, as this individual's decisions will impact both of the 2 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DILLON JR, JOSEPH A | 2 | 81.0% | +6.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18963431 | HIGH VOLUME INDUSTRIAL VACUUM ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS | DILLON JR, JOSEPH A | — |
| 18792663 | ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR MATERIAL EXTRACTION FROM RETENTION COLLECTIONS | DILLON JR, JOSEPH A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3653 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18963431 | HIGH VOLUME INDUSTRIAL VACUUM ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS | DILLON JR, JOSEPH A | 3653 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18792663 | ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR MATERIAL EXTRACTION FROM RETENTION COLLECTIONS | DILLON JR, JOSEPH A | 3653 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
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