Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Innova Patent GmbH currently manages 7 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners. The prosecution activity spans 3 distinct art units, which shows the technical focus within the company's portfolio.
The busiest examiner for the company is SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER, who is handling 4 pending office actions. This examiner manages a majority of the company's workload, accounting for 4 of the 7 pending office actions. The remaining 3 pending office actions are spread among the other 3 distinct examiners involved.
With the current volume of pending office actions in total, the company maintains a presence in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER is the primary point of contact, overseeing the workload across the 3 distinct art units. This concentration shows that a portion of the company's current patent applications are being reviewed by a single examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (88%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 5 | 83.6% | +13.0% |
| BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O | 1 | 63.0% | +23.8% |
| BROWNE, SCOTT A | 1 | 72.0% | +35.6% |
| BARZEGAR, PEGAH | 1 | 73.7% | +42.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17996916 | Cableway Station Having a Safety Barrier | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 24d overdue |
| 18940087 | ARRANGEMENT FOR MONITORING A BEARING OF A SHEAVE ASSEMBLY | BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O | — |
| 18915953 | BRANCH PARKING TRACK GARAGE FOR CABLEWAY VEHICLES | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | — |
| 18676951 | PARKING STORAGE FACILITY FOR CABLEWAY VEHICLE | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18573262 | CABLEWAY VEHICLE | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18392522 | CIRCULATING CABLEWAY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CIRCULATING CABLEWAY | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18296601 | CIRCULAR CABLEWAY | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17996916 | Cableway Station Having a Safety Barrier | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 24d overdue |
| 18940087 | ARRANGEMENT FOR MONITORING A BEARING OF A SHEAVE ASSEMBLY | BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O | — |
| 18940082 | APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING A SHEAVE ASSEMBLY ON A HOLDING DEVICE | BROWNE, SCOTT A | — |
| 18915953 | BRANCH PARKING TRACK GARAGE FOR CABLEWAY VEHICLES | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | — |
| 18676951 | PARKING STORAGE FACILITY FOR CABLEWAY VEHICLE | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18573262 | CABLEWAY VEHICLE | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18392522 | CIRCULATING CABLEWAY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CIRCULATING CABLEWAY | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18296601 | CIRCULAR CABLEWAY | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 3 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| 3613 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18940087 | ARRANGEMENT FOR MONITORING A BEARING OF A SHEAVE ASSEMBLY | BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O | 2685 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18940082 | APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING A SHEAVE ASSEMBLY ON A HOLDING DEVICE | BROWNE, SCOTT A | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18915953 | BRANCH PARKING TRACK GARAGE FOR CABLEWAY VEHICLES | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18676951 | PARKING STORAGE FACILITY FOR CABLEWAY VEHICLE | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18573262 | CABLEWAY VEHICLE | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18392522 | CIRCULATING CABLEWAY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CIRCULATING CABLEWAY | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18296601 | CIRCULAR CABLEWAY | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3613 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 06, 2023 |
| 17996916 | Cableway Station Having a Safety Barrier | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Oct 21, 2022 |
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