Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Intellectual Frontiers LLC manages 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each matter is reviewed by a different person. Despite having 2 distinct examiners, the portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL is the busiest examiner, currently responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This level of activity, with 2 pending office actions, represents a small but active presence in the transportation and e-commerce space.
The 1 distinct art unit serves as the primary venue for all current prosecution. Because 2 distinct examiners are involved, the company receives feedback from multiple perspectives even within a single unit. The 1 busiest examiner pending action indicates that no single examiner is overwhelmed by this specific portfolio's volume. Practitioners should note that the 2 distinct examiners provide a degree of variety in examination style. However, the 1 distinct art unit concentration means that the company is subject to the specific management and policies of that single group. The 2 pending office actions are the only active matters reported.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL | 1 | 10.7% | +14.4% |
| BURGESS, JOSEPH D | 1 | 39.7% | +35.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19026240 | COMPUTER-CONTROLLED SMART REFERRALS SYSTEM AND METHOD | PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19026240 | COMPUTER-CONTROLLED SMART REFERRALS SYSTEM AND METHOD | PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL | — |
| 18977822 | DIGITAL NATIVE TRIALS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | BURGESS, JOSEPH D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3685 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19026240 | COMPUTER-CONTROLLED SMART REFERRALS SYSTEM AND METHOD | PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL | 3685 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18977822 | DIGITAL NATIVE TRIALS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | BURGESS, JOSEPH D | 3685 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
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