Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
9 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
Jatco Ltd. is currently prosecuting 9 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 9 pending office actions are handled by 6 distinct examiners, which indicates that some examiners are managing multiple cases for the company. Lillian T Nguyen is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions.
The portfolio's activity is concentrated within 2 distinct art units. This high level of concentration, with 9 pending office actions spread across only 2 distinct art units, suggests that the company's filings are technically similar and fall under a limited number of supervisory groups. The 6 distinct examiners are all working within these two specialized units.
Practitioners should note that the company's interaction with the patent office is relatively focused, as the 9 pending office actions are reviewed by a small group of 6 distinct examiners. Lillian T Nguyen's role as the busiest examiner with 2 pending office actions highlights the overlap within the portfolio. The focus on 2 distinct art units may lead to more consistent prosecution outcomes for the company's transportation-related assets.
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 (11%) |
| §102 only | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | 2 | 84.0% | +14.0% |
| KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS | 2 | 85.1% | +3.0% |
| FLUHART, STACEY A | 2 | 82.9% | +14.1% |
| DANG, TINH | 1 | 85.3% | +7.9% |
| SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN | 1 | 81.0% | +20.3% |
| PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | 1 | 74.4% | +14.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19152780 | UNIT | NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | — |
| 19148673 | UNIT | FLUHART, STACEY A | — |
| 18879049 | VEHICLE | DANG, TINH | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19105659 | UNIT | NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | 27d |
| 18874514 | VEHICLE AND VEHICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS | 42d |
| 19152752 | UNIT | KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS | — |
| 18869468 | UNIT | FLUHART, STACEY A | — |
| 18869164 | UNIT | SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN | — |
| 18562006 | VEHICLE | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19105659 | UNIT | NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | 27d |
| 19152780 | UNIT | NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | — |
| 19148673 | UNIT | FLUHART, STACEY A | — |
| 18869468 | UNIT | FLUHART, STACEY A | — |
| 18869164 | UNIT | SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN | — |
| 18562006 | VEHICLE | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3655 | 6 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19152780 | UNIT | NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | 3655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19152752 | UNIT | KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS | 3655 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19148673 | UNIT | FLUHART, STACEY A | 3655 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19105659 | UNIT | NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | 3655 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 18879049 | VEHICLE | DANG, TINH | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18874514 | VEHICLE AND VEHICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS | 3655 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18869468 | UNIT | FLUHART, STACEY A | 3655 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18869164 | UNIT | SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18562006 | VEHICLE | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | 3746 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
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