Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ipalco B V currently has 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This prosecution activity is localized within a distinct art unit count of 1, reflecting a narrow technical focus for the company's current active patent matters.
The portfolio's active workload is managed by SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE. This individual is the only distinct examiner listed and is responsible for the busiest examiner pending count, which constitutes the entirety of the company's current pending actions. This relationship between the action and the examiner simplifies the current prosecution landscape.
The presence of the pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area indicates the current level of conflict or pending review. SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE serves as the primary point of contact for the company's current interactions with the USPTO, as no other examiners or art units are currently active.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE | 1 | 72.7% | +31.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19012428 | CABLE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19012428 | CABLE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19012428 | CABLE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE | 3654 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
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