Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Itt Italia S R L has 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are handled by 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This distribution means that each of the 3 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different examiner, with some overlap in the departments involved.
SOOFI, YAZAN A is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since there are only 3 pending office actions in total, the workload is split evenly between the 3 distinct examiners. This lack of concentration suggests that the company's filings are being evaluated independently by different officials within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units indicates that the company's mechanical innovations are categorized into different specialized areas at the USPTO. With 3 distinct examiners managing only one case each, practitioners must prepare for three separate prosecution tracks. This profile shows a small but technically divided set of active applications across 2 distinct art units.
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 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOOFI, YAZAN A | 1 | 89.1% | +11.2% |
| MORRIS, DAVID R. | 1 | 81.9% | +14.3% |
| IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW | 1 | 80.0% | -32.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19144424 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING THE SPEED OF A VEHICLE | SOOFI, YAZAN A | — |
| 18294983 | SENSOR-EQUIPPED BRAKE PAD WITH PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WITH STIFFENING MEANS | IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18722679 | BRAKING SYSTEM WITH REDUCED TENDENCY TO SQUEAL IN COLD CONDITIONS, IN PARTICULAR FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND ASSOCIATED BRAKE PAD AND METHOD | MORRIS, DAVID R. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19144424 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING THE SPEED OF A VEHICLE | SOOFI, YAZAN A | — |
| 18722679 | BRAKING SYSTEM WITH REDUCED TENDENCY TO SQUEAL IN COLD CONDITIONS, IN PARTICULAR FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND ASSOCIATED BRAKE PAD AND METHOD | MORRIS, DAVID R. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3668 | 1 |
| 3616 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19144424 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING THE SPEED OF A VEHICLE | SOOFI, YAZAN A | 3668 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 18722679 | BRAKING SYSTEM WITH REDUCED TENDENCY TO SQUEAL IN COLD CONDITIONS, IN PARTICULAR FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND ASSOCIATED BRAKE PAD AND METHOD | MORRIS, DAVID R. | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18294983 | SENSOR-EQUIPPED BRAKE PAD WITH PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WITH STIFFENING MEANS | IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW | 3616 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial