Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Janus International Group LLC has 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners, with BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J identified as the busiest examiner for holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. The presence of 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners indicates that each pending matter is receiving independent review.
The portfolio's current activity is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit. This suggests a focused technical scope for the 2 pending office actions within the broader transportation and mechanical systems field. Because there are 2 distinct examiners involved in only 1 distinct art unit, the company will receive two separate interpretations of how their technology fits within that specific art unit's standards. For a portfolio with 2 pending office actions, this provides a useful sample of examiner feedback. The prosecution strategy should account for the individual tendencies of the 2 distinct examiners while navigating the requirements of the single art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J | 1 | 67.4% | +26.1% |
| CUMAR, NATHAN | 1 | 78.8% | +14.4% |
| MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 1 | 64.6% | +31.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18678725 | ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCK | CUMAR, NATHAN | 19d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18678725 | ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCK | CUMAR, NATHAN | 19d overdue |
| 18430083 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SECURE ACCESS | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 15d |
| 19288904 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR HASP RETENTION SELF-STORAGE LOCK ASSEMBLY | BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19288904 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR HASP RETENTION SELF-STORAGE LOCK ASSEMBLY | BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 18678725 | ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCK | CUMAR, NATHAN | 3675 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18430083 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SECURE ACCESS | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
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