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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Metalcraft Of Mayville Inc. maintains a patent portfolio currently featuring 1 pending office action. This activity is situated within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner across 1 distinct art unit, indicating a singular point of contact for the company's current patent office interactions.
JULIA C TRAN serves as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 1 pending action. Because the total number of pending office actions is 1, this examiner manages the entire active workload for the company. The alignment of the distinct examiner and the distinct art unit reflects a concentrated prosecution strategy within the specified technology sector.
For practitioners, the presence of the active office action suggests a streamlined oversight process. The focus on the technology area provides a clear technical context for the ongoing examination. Monitoring the 1 pending action under JULIA C TRAN is essential for understanding the current trajectory of the portfolio and ensuring that the single active matter progresses efficiently through 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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, JULIA C | 1 | 62.5% | +31.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18442879 | Aerator with an Outboard Transmission and Adjustable Depth Control System | TRAN, JULIA C | 4d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18442879 | Aerator with an Outboard Transmission and Adjustable Depth Control System | TRAN, JULIA C | 4d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3671 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18442879 | Aerator with an Outboard Transmission and Adjustable Depth Control System | TRAN, JULIA C | 3671 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
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