Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
J J Mackay Canada Limited has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 3 actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners. All 3 pending actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a focused technical scope for the company's current mechanical filings.
Jeffrey Alan Shapiro is the busiest examiner, currently managing 2 pending office actions. This concentration in 1 art unit and under 2 examiners indicates a targeted prosecution phase. For practitioners, the 3 pending office actions benefit from being in 1 distinct art unit, which provides a consistent technical framework. With Jeffrey Alan Shapiro handling 2 of the 3 pending matters, the majority of the portfolio is under the review of a single examiner, allowing for strategic alignment across most of the company's pending workload.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN | 2 | 55.1% | +15.8% |
| BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE | 1 | 33.9% | +11.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18235667 | PARKING METER HOUSING FOR FACILITATING MAINTENANCE | SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN | 22d |
| 19232305 | UNATTENDED POINT OF SALE DEVICE FOR ENABLING CONNECTED DEVICES | BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18665478 | SINGLE SPACE PARKING METER AND REMOVABLE SINGLE SPACE PARKING METER MECHANISM | SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN | 23d overdue |
| 18235667 | PARKING METER HOUSING FOR FACILITATING MAINTENANCE | SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN | 22d |
| 19232305 | UNATTENDED POINT OF SALE DEVICE FOR ENABLING CONNECTED DEVICES | BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3619 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19232305 | UNATTENDED POINT OF SALE DEVICE FOR ENABLING CONNECTED DEVICES | BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 18665478 | SINGLE SPACE PARKING METER AND REMOVABLE SINGLE SPACE PARKING METER MECHANISM | SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18235667 | PARKING METER HOUSING FOR FACILITATING MAINTENANCE | SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN | 3619 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial