Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Kakeai Inc. currently faces 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area are being scrutinized under different technical frameworks. This requires Kakeai Inc. to manage its prosecution strategy across 2 distinct art units.
The busiest examiner, VETTER, DANIEL, is responsible for 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners handling a total of 2 pending office actions, the workload is not concentrated on any 1 person. Practitioners should prepare for varied examination styles, as the 2 pending office actions are subject to the independent review of 2 distinct examiners. This decentralized approach ensures that the 2 pending office actions receive individual attention within the 2 distinct art units. This structure requires the company to address the specific requirements of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector across 2 different administrative units.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VETTER, DANIEL | 1 | 20.1% | +9.0% |
| BLAIR, KILE O | 1 | 63.9% | +7.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18697093 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL COMMUNICATION COUNTERPART IN ORDER TO ASSIST ONE INDIVIDUAL TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER | VETTER, DANIEL | 56d overdue |
| 18572683 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR IMPROVING RELATIONS WITH INDIVIDUAL PARTIES IN TWO-PARTY COMMUNICATION | BLAIR, KILE O | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3628 | 1 |
| 2600 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18697093 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL COMMUNICATION COUNTERPART IN ORDER TO ASSIST ONE INDIVIDUAL TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER | VETTER, DANIEL | 3628 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 56d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18572683 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR IMPROVING RELATIONS WITH INDIVIDUAL PARTIES IN TWO-PARTY COMMUNICATION | BLAIR, KILE O | 2600 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
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