Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Leupold & Stevens Inc. is currently navigating the patent prosecution process within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The company has 1 pending office action, which is being reviewed in 1 distinct art unit. This suggests a focused intellectual property strategy with a narrow technical scope at this stage.
The prosecution is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S. As the busiest examiner for this portfolio, GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This concentration means that the company's immediate success in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field depends entirely on the decisions of this single examiner.
For a practitioner, the presence of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit simplifies the communication process but also centralizes the risk. The outcome of the 1 pending office action will be a significant indicator of the portfolio's future direction. It is essential to tailor all arguments specifically to the preferences of GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S to ensure progress within the 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S | 1 | 66.7% | +28.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18794856 | LOCKING ADJUSTMENT DEVICE | GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18794856 | LOCKING ADJUSTMENT DEVICE | GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3641 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18794856 | LOCKING ADJUSTMENT DEVICE | GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S | 3641 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
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