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
Montel Inc. currently has a focused presence in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio's active prosecution features 1 pending office action, which is being handled by 1 distinct examiner. This examiner, NGUYEN, LILLIAN T, is responsible for the 1 busiest examiner pending action currently associated with the company.
The entire prosecution effort is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a specific technical niche. With only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's patent outcomes are currently dependent on a single individual's interpretation of the prior art. The 1 pending office action represents the full extent of the company's current examiner interactions.
Practitioners should note that the 1 busiest examiner pending action held by NGUYEN, LILLIAN T accounts for the active matters in this portfolio. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests a streamlined path for the company's mechanical and transportation-related filings. The 1 pending office action is the primary focus for the portfolio's growth within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | 1 | 84.0% | +14.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18411889 | BRAKING APPARATUS FOR A MOBILE STORAGE RACK | NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | 30d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18411889 | BRAKING APPARATUS FOR A MOBILE STORAGE RACK | NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | 30d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3655 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18411889 | BRAKING APPARATUS FOR A MOBILE STORAGE RACK | NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | 3655 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
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