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
Morlock Holdings Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These cases are assigned to 2 distinct examiners but are located within 1 distinct art unit. This distribution suggests that while the company's technology falls into a single specialized group, it is being reviewed by multiple officials.
TRIGGS, ANDREW J is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending action. The prosecution strategy should account for the different perspectives of 2 distinct examiners. Having multiple examiners in 1 distinct art unit can lead to varied feedback on similar technological concepts. Practitioners should monitor both cases to ensure that arguments made to one official do not conflict with those made to the other. This structure requires a coordinated approach to maintain a consistent patent narrative across the portfolio. The outcome of these 2 pending office actions will provide valuable insight into the art unit's current interpretation of mechanical systems patentability.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 1 | 66.7% | +27.8% |
| MAESTRI, PATRICK J | 1 | 73.4% | +14.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18619143 | WALL PANEL MOUNT SYSTEM INCLUDING A FRAME SHAPED TO INHIBIT POOLING OF FLUID ON AN INNER SIDE THEREOF | MAESTRI, PATRICK J | 30d |
| 18619121 | WALL PANEL MOUNT SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO COUPLE TO EITHER FASTENER-EXPOSED OR FASTENER-HIDDEN WALL PANELS | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18619143 | WALL PANEL MOUNT SYSTEM INCLUDING A FRAME SHAPED TO INHIBIT POOLING OF FLUID ON AN INNER SIDE THEREOF | MAESTRI, PATRICK J | 30d |
| 18619121 | WALL PANEL MOUNT SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO COUPLE TO EITHER FASTENER-EXPOSED OR FASTENER-HIDDEN WALL PANELS | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18619121 | WALL PANEL MOUNT SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO COUPLE TO EITHER FASTENER-EXPOSED OR FASTENER-HIDDEN WALL PANELS | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 3635 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18619143 | WALL PANEL MOUNT SYSTEM INCLUDING A FRAME SHAPED TO INHIBIT POOLING OF FLUID ON AN INNER SIDE THEREOF | MAESTRI, PATRICK J | 3635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial