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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Metrom Rail LLC has 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, though both are located within 1 distinct art unit. JASON CHRISTOPHER SMITH is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action.
The concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests a technical focus despite the involvement of multiple examiners. This structure involves examiners reviewing applications within the same technical category.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 83.6% | +13.0% |
| HO, MATTHEW | 1 | 73.9% | +12.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18921581 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WORKER PROTECTION SYSTEM WITH ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) BASED ANCHOR NETWORK | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18921581 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WORKER PROTECTION SYSTEM WITH ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) BASED ANCHOR NETWORK | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 17157523 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) BASED RAIL LINE SENSING AND SAFETY | HO, MATTHEW | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3669 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18921581 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WORKER PROTECTION SYSTEM WITH ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) BASED ANCHOR NETWORK | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 17157523 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) BASED RAIL LINE SENSING AND SAFETY | HO, MATTHEW | 3669 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2021 |
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