Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ingram Micro Inc. has 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units. ZEROUAL, OMAR is the busiest examiner, currently managing 4 busiest examiner pending actions. This indicates that one individual is responsible for many of the actions.
The 3 distinct art units suggest that the filings are concentrated within these technical groups. With 3 distinct examiners for the 6 pending office actions, the company experiences examiner concentration. Specifically, the 4 busiest examiner pending actions handled by ZEROUAL, OMAR represent a portion of the 6 pending office actions. This concentration allows for a prosecution strategy targeting these individuals.
Practitioners should focus on the specific preferences of the examiners, as their decisions will influence the pending office actions. The art units involved indicate that while the portfolio is small, it still spans multiple technical classifications. Managing the relationship with the busiest examiner is important given the 4 busiest examiner pending actions assigned to ZEROUAL, OMAR. The 3 distinct examiners handle the 6 pending office actions, which results in multiple cases per examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 + other | 6 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZEROUAL, OMAR | 4 | 33.5% | +39.7% |
| GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH | 1 | 14.6% | +16.6% |
| NELSON, FREDA ANN | 1 | 42.8% | +7.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18793346 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PREDICTION OF INSIGHTS FOR VENDOR PRODUCT ROADMAPS | ZEROUAL, OMAR | 147d overdue |
| 18949952 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING REAL-TIME BUSINESS INSIGHTS | ZEROUAL, OMAR | 34d |
| 18768971 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT INCLUDING SPECIAL PRICING DETERMINATION | NELSON, FREDA ANN | 60d |
| 19400243 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-TIERED SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT | GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH | — |
| 19399360 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INCLUDING ERP AGNOSTIC REALTIME DATA MESH WITH CHANGE DATA CAPTURE | ZEROUAL, OMAR | — |
| 18341714 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT INCLUDING SINGLE PANE OF GLASS USER INTERFACE | ZEROUAL, OMAR | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18793346 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PREDICTION OF INSIGHTS FOR VENDOR PRODUCT ROADMAPS | ZEROUAL, OMAR | 147d overdue |
| 18949952 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING REAL-TIME BUSINESS INSIGHTS | ZEROUAL, OMAR | 34d |
| 19400243 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-TIERED SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT | GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH | — |
| 19399360 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INCLUDING ERP AGNOSTIC REALTIME DATA MESH WITH CHANGE DATA CAPTURE | ZEROUAL, OMAR | — |
| 18341714 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT INCLUDING SINGLE PANE OF GLASS USER INTERFACE | ZEROUAL, OMAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3628 | 4 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 3629 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19400243 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-TIERED SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT | GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH | 3624 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2025 |
| 19399360 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INCLUDING ERP AGNOSTIC REALTIME DATA MESH WITH CHANGE DATA CAPTURE | ZEROUAL, OMAR | 3629 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 24, 2025 |
| 18949952 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING REAL-TIME BUSINESS INSIGHTS | ZEROUAL, OMAR | 3628 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18793346 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PREDICTION OF INSIGHTS FOR VENDOR PRODUCT ROADMAPS | ZEROUAL, OMAR | 3628 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 147d overdue | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18768971 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT INCLUDING SPECIAL PRICING DETERMINATION | NELSON, FREDA ANN | 3628 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 60d | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18341714 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT INCLUDING SINGLE PANE OF GLASS USER INTERFACE | ZEROUAL, OMAR | 3628 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2023 |
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