Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Inter X Co. Ltd. has 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 6 actions are assigned to 6 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 2 distinct art units. This suggests that while individual examiner perspectives will vary, the technical review is focused in a limited number of departments. The use of only 2 art units for the 6 actions implies that the applications likely share similar technical subject matter within the transportation and mechanical sectors.
Stephen G Sherman is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. Since each of the 6 examiners is handling exactly 1 pending action, the company must manage 6 different sets of examiner expectations. Practitioners should focus on maintaining consistency in their technical arguments across the 2 art units while tailoring their approach to the specific feedback of each individual. Stephen G Sherman is one of the 6 examiners whose unique style must be addressed to successfully advance the portfolio.
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 | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (67%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESIRE, GREGORY M | 1 | 90.6% | +6.1% |
| MAHROUKA, WASSIM | 1 | 86.1% | +7.9% |
| HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN | 1 | 70.2% | +43.1% |
| LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON | 1 | 87.6% | +7.2% |
| SHERMAN, STEPHEN G | 1 | 82.2% | +16.8% |
| WYCHE, MYRON | 1 | 85.0% | +12.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18972879 | AI-BASED PRODUCT SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD | DESIRE, GREGORY M | — |
| 18972876 | AI-BASED APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A DEFECT OF A PRODUCT | MAHROUKA, WASSIM | — |
| 18972881 | AI-BASED PRODUCT SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A NUMBER OF CONVOLUTION LAYERS | LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON | — |
| 18972880 | AI-BASED PRODUCT SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A NUMBER OF CONVOLUTION LAYERS | SHERMAN, STEPHEN G | — |
| 18972878 | AI-BASED PRODUCT SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD | WYCHE, MYRON | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18972877 | AI-BASED PRODUCT SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD | HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18972877 | AI-BASED PRODUCT SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD | HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN | — |
| 18972880 | AI-BASED PRODUCT SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A NUMBER OF CONVOLUTION LAYERS | SHERMAN, STEPHEN G | — |
| 18972878 | AI-BASED PRODUCT SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD | WYCHE, MYRON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3681 | 1 |
| 3687 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18972879 | AI-BASED PRODUCT SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD | DESIRE, GREGORY M | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2024 |
| 18972876 | AI-BASED APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A DEFECT OF A PRODUCT | MAHROUKA, WASSIM | 3681 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2024 |
| 18972877 | AI-BASED PRODUCT SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD | HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN | — | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2024 |
| 18972881 | AI-BASED PRODUCT SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A NUMBER OF CONVOLUTION LAYERS | LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON | 3687 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2024 |
| 18972880 | AI-BASED PRODUCT SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A NUMBER OF CONVOLUTION LAYERS | SHERMAN, STEPHEN G | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2024 |
| 18972878 | AI-BASED PRODUCT SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD | WYCHE, MYRON | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2024 |
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