Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Monterey Pacific Inc. is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Both of these active matters are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE. This concentration means that the company's current prosecution success in this technology area is entirely dependent on the reviews and decisions of this 1 individual.
The portfolio is also limited to 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a very focused technical scope for the pending applications. MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 2 pending office actions. For the practitioner, this provides an opportunity for a highly consistent prosecution strategy, as the same examiner will be reviewing both pending matters within the same administrative unit.
With 2 pending office actions under 1 distinct examiner, any feedback or precedents established in 1 case are likely to directly impact the other. This lack of examiner diversity simplifies the administrative oversight of the portfolio but increases the impact of the examiner's specific interpretation of the law. Practitioners can focus their efforts on understanding the specific requirements and historical tendencies of MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE to navigate the 2 pending actions effectively.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | 2 | 73.5% | +16.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18369725 | METHOD OF FIELD PREPARATION FOR PLANTING USING RIPPER, AND TRACTOR WITH INJECTOR FOR DEEP APPLICATION AND MIXING OF AMENDMENT WITH SOIL | MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | 40d |
| 18369709 | TRACTOR WITH INJECTOR FOR DEEP APPLICATION AND MIXING OF AMENDMENT WITH SOIL | MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18369725 | METHOD OF FIELD PREPARATION FOR PLANTING USING RIPPER, AND TRACTOR WITH INJECTOR FOR DEEP APPLICATION AND MIXING OF AMENDMENT WITH SOIL | MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | 40d |
| 18369709 | TRACTOR WITH INJECTOR FOR DEEP APPLICATION AND MIXING OF AMENDMENT WITH SOIL | MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3671 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18369725 | METHOD OF FIELD PREPARATION FOR PLANTING USING RIPPER, AND TRACTOR WITH INJECTOR FOR DEEP APPLICATION AND MIXING OF AMENDMENT WITH SOIL | MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | 3671 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
| 18369709 | TRACTOR WITH INJECTOR FOR DEEP APPLICATION AND MIXING OF AMENDMENT WITH SOIL | MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | 3671 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
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