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
Marquix Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct art unit, indicating that the current patent effort is focused on a specific technical classification. The presence of only 1 pending office action suggests a highly targeted prosecution phase for this portfolio.
The case is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, OQUENDO, CARIB A, who is also the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. With 1 distinct examiner for the 1 pending action, the success of the current application depends entirely on the interaction with this single individual. This creates a direct and focused prosecution environment where the legal strategy is tailored specifically to the feedback from OQUENDO, CARIB A.
The concentration of the portfolio within 1 art unit and under 1 distinct examiner simplifies the administrative burden of tracking multiple cases. However, it also means that the company's immediate progress in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field is subject to the specific interpretations of a single USPTO official. Practitioners should focus on building a clear record with this examiner to move the application toward allowance.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OQUENDO, CARIB A | 1 | 77.9% | +12.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19056713 | CONTAINMENT UNIT, CONTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTAINING FLUID LEAKS | OQUENDO, CARIB A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19056713 | CONTAINMENT UNIT, CONTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTAINING FLUID LEAKS | OQUENDO, CARIB A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3678 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19056713 | CONTAINMENT UNIT, CONTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTAINING FLUID LEAKS | OQUENDO, CARIB A | 3678 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
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