Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Julian Gough

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

Analysis

Julian Gough currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which means the company's current pending matters are under the review of this individual. The data shows 1 distinct art unit is involved in the prosecution of this portfolio. This count of 1 distinct art unit indicates that the technical scope of the pending work is handled by an administrative group within the patent office.

The busiest examiner identified is BARR, MARY EVANGELINE, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because this examiner holds the 1 busiest examiner pending office action, their examination history is a factor in the portfolio's progress. The presence of 1 distinct examiner and the 1 pending office action indicates that there is no distribution of work across multiple office sections at this time. Practitioners should monitor the prosecution for Julian Gough in this Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BARR, MARY EVANGELINE 1 36.1% +32.5%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18821559 DETERMINING PHENOTYPE FROM GENOTYPE BARR, MARY EVANGELINE —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18821559 DETERMINING PHENOTYPE FROM GENOTYPE BARR, MARY EVANGELINE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3682 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18821559 DETERMINING PHENOTYPE FROM GENOTYPE BARR, MARY EVANGELINE 3682 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Julian Gough have?

Julian Gough has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Julian Gough applications?

Mary Evangeline Barr has the most, with 1 of Julian Gough's pending office actions.

What technology area are Julian Gough's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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