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
Marmon Crane Services Inc. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This workload is distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating a diversified prosecution strategy even at this small scale. The presence of multiple art units suggests that the company's mechanical innovations may span different classification categories within the USPTO, requiring a broader range of examiner expertise than a more centralized portfolio.
DAVID E MARTINEZ is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because this single action represents 1 of the 2 pending office actions for the company, the progress of this specific application significantly impacts the overall portfolio timeline. Practitioners should monitor the 2 distinct examiners to identify any variations in prosecution speed or requirements across the 2 distinct art units involved. This split distribution across 2 distinct art units may necessitate different tactical approaches for each pending matter to account for varying internal policies between the 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 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTINEZ, DAVID E | 1 | 86.5% | +13.5% |
| AN, IG TAI | 1 | 56.9% | +24.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18146857 | CRANE FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM | MARTINEZ, DAVID E | 29d |
| 17897709 | Crane Collision Avoidance System | AN, IG TAI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18146857 | CRANE FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM | MARTINEZ, DAVID E | 29d |
| 17897709 | Crane Collision Avoidance System | AN, IG TAI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18146857 | CRANE FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM | MARTINEZ, DAVID E | 3634 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Dec 27, 2022 |
| 17897709 | Crane Collision Avoidance System | AN, IG TAI | 3662 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
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