Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
Intercontinental Exchange Holdings Inc. currently has 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is BORLINGHAUS, JASON M, who is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This means that BORLINGHAUS, JASON M handles a larger portion of the 3 pending office actions than the other distinct examiner.
The portfolio's activity is spread across 2 distinct art units. This distribution matches the number of 2 distinct examiners, suggesting that each examiner may be operating within a different art unit. With 3 pending office actions in total, the company is engaging with the patent office on multiple matters within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. The 2 busiest examiner pending actions assigned to BORLINGHAUS, JASON M indicate a point of concentration for the company's prosecution efforts.
The use of 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units for the 3 pending office actions provides variety in the examination process. The fact that BORLINGHAUS, JASON M handles 2 busiest examiner pending actions suggests that his decisions will have a significant impact on the overall success of the portfolio. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the 2 distinct art units involved to effectively manage these 3 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BORLINGHAUS, JASON M | 2 | 47.6% | +21.7% |
| BUI, TOAN D. | 1 | 55.9% | +42.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18592845 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN INITIAL MARGIN | BORLINGHAUS, JASON M | 3d overdue |
| 18937905 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GEO MAPPING | BUI, TOAN D. | — |
| 18409121 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN INITIAL MARGIN | BORLINGHAUS, JASON M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18592845 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN INITIAL MARGIN | BORLINGHAUS, JASON M | 3d overdue |
| 18937905 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GEO MAPPING | BUI, TOAN D. | — |
| 18409121 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN INITIAL MARGIN | BORLINGHAUS, JASON M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3692 | 2 |
| 3693 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18937905 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GEO MAPPING | BUI, TOAN D. | 3693 | §101Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18592845 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN INITIAL MARGIN | BORLINGHAUS, JASON M | 3692 | §101 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18409121 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN INITIAL MARGIN | BORLINGHAUS, JASON M | 3692 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
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