Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kai Concepts LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, although they both fall within 1 distinct art unit. This structure suggests that while the technical subject matter is concentrated in one area of the USPTO, the company must still interface with different individuals who may have varying interpretation styles. The use of a single art unit provides a consistent technical baseline for both applications.
ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. Since the two pending actions are handled by different examiners, no single examiner has a majority of the workload. The focus on a single distinct art unit within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field allows for a consistent understanding of the relevant prior art and examination trends, even as the company manages separate examiner relationships. This balance requires the practitioner to monitor the specific nuances of different examiners while benefiting from the technical consistency of the art unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD | 1 | 78.1% | +27.7% |
| VASUDEVA, AJAY | 1 | 70.7% | +22.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18367819 | WATERPROOF CONTAINER HAVING A WATERPROOF ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR | VASUDEVA, AJAY | 5d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18367819 | WATERPROOF CONTAINER HAVING A WATERPROOF ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR | VASUDEVA, AJAY | 5d |
| 19044796 | WATERCRAFT DEVICE WITH A HANDHELD CONTROLLER | ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19044796 | WATERCRAFT DEVICE WITH A HANDHELD CONTROLLER | ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 18367819 | WATERPROOF CONTAINER HAVING A WATERPROOF ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR | VASUDEVA, AJAY | 3615 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
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