Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Li & Co. AG is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. The limited volume of pending actions suggests a focused or early-stage engagement with the patent office.
FERENCE, JAMES M is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action under review. This single action constitutes the entire pending workload for the company. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution is highly centralized. This arrangement means that all current feedback from the patent office is being generated by a single examiner within a specific technical group. The examiner's review is the central component of the company's current mechanical systems prosecution. This singular focus allows for a direct line of communication between the applicant and the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERENCE, JAMES M | 1 | 71.2% | +17.2% |
| FONSECA, JESSIE T | 1 | 68.0% | +18.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18703079 | Decorative Panel, and Decorative Panel Covering | FONSECA, JESSIE T | 38d overdue |
| 18918526 | WALL OR FLOOR COVERING ELEMENT | FERENCE, JAMES M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18703079 | Decorative Panel, and Decorative Panel Covering | FONSECA, JESSIE T | 38d overdue |
| 18918526 | WALL OR FLOOR COVERING ELEMENT | FERENCE, JAMES M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 1 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18918526 | WALL OR FLOOR COVERING ELEMENT | FERENCE, JAMES M | 3635 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18703079 | Decorative Panel, and Decorative Panel Covering | FONSECA, JESSIE T | 3633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 38d overdue | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
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