Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mcp Ip LLC manages a portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area with 7 pending office actions. These matters are handled by 5 distinct examiners, showing some concentration of the workload. NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R is the busiest examiner for this applicant, responsible for 3 busiest examiner pending actions. This means that multiple pending office actions are assigned to a single individual.
The portfolio is focused within 2 distinct art units, indicating a narrow technological scope within the transportation and mechanical systems field. With 5 distinct examiners involved, the applicant must manage several different perspectives, though the concentration of 3 busiest examiner pending actions with NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R impacts the coordination. The presence of 2 distinct art units for 7 pending office actions suggests that the company's innovation is centered on specific areas. Successfully prosecuting these 7 pending office actions involves balancing the influence of the busiest examiner against the requirements of the 2 distinct art 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 + other | 2 (29%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | 3 | 72.8% | +21.9% |
| NEWTON, JASON TODD | 1 | 82.7% | +22.4% |
| ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 59.0% | +23.3% |
| UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J | 1 | 61.9% | +9.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19056570 | Archery Bowstring with Multiple Portions | NEWTON, JASON TODD | — |
| 19049910 | Archery Bow with Pass Through Cabling | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 18991013 | Arrow Bending Axis Orientation | ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES | — |
| 18984805 | Archery Bow Stand | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18946765 | Archery Bow Limb Cup Attachment | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 18927573 | Archery Bow with Limb Spacing Adjustment | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19056570 | Archery Bowstring with Multiple Portions | NEWTON, JASON TODD | — |
| 19049910 | Archery Bow with Pass Through Cabling | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 18984805 | Archery Bow Stand | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18946765 | Archery Bow Limb Cup Attachment | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 18927573 | Archery Bow with Limb Spacing Adjustment | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3632 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19056570 | Archery Bowstring with Multiple Portions | NEWTON, JASON TODD | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19049910 | Archery Bow with Pass Through Cabling | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — | §101§102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 18991013 | Arrow Bending Axis Orientation | ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18984805 | Archery Bow Stand | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 3632 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18946765 | Archery Bow Limb Cup Attachment | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18927573 | Archery Bow with Limb Spacing Adjustment | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — | §101§102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18209378 | Laminate Faced Honeycomb Bracing Structure for Stringed Instrument | UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 96d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
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