Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Matsuo Industries Inc. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners. The prosecution is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a specific technical focus for the company's current patent applications.
The busiest examiner, ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This count of 1 pending action matches the workload of the other of the 2 distinct examiners. With 2 pending office actions in total, the portfolio is split between the assigned officials. The 1 distinct art unit indicates that both of the 2 distinct examiners are likely working within the same specialized group at the patent office.
Practitioners should note that the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems filings are not concentrated under a single examiner. Instead, the 2 distinct examiners provide multiple points of contact within the 1 distinct art unit. This distribution may lead to different examination experiences despite the shared technical classification. The 2 pending office actions represent the current active workload for Matsuo Industries Inc.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P | 1 | 42.0% | +25.7% |
| WHITTINGTON, KENNETH | 1 | 70.8% | -15.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18424866 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P | 63d |
| 18579229 | CORE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CORE | WHITTINGTON, KENNETH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18424866 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P | 63d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3662 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18424866 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P | 3662 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 63d | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18579229 | CORE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CORE | WHITTINGTON, KENNETH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
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