Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
2 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
National Steel Car Limited is currently managing 2 pending office actions. These matters are both assigned to 1 distinct examiner. LIN, CHENG XI is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, responsible for 2 pending office actions. The data indicates 0 distinct art units for the active portfolio. With 2 pending actions assigned to a single examiner, the company's prosecution strategy is highly centralized. This concentration allows for a consistent dialogue with the 1 examiner overseeing all active matters. This focused engagement defines the present state of the company's patent office interactions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIN, CHENG XI | 2 | 84.6% | +13.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18912688 | Railroad Well Car Structure | LIN, CHENG XI | — |
| 18643037 | RAILROAD CAR AND FLOOR STRUCTURE THEREFOR | LIN, CHENG XI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18912688 | Railroad Well Car Structure | LIN, CHENG XI | — |
| 18643037 | RAILROAD CAR AND FLOOR STRUCTURE THEREFOR | LIN, CHENG XI | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18912688 | Railroad Well Car Structure | LIN, CHENG XI | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18643037 | RAILROAD CAR AND FLOOR STRUCTURE THEREFOR | LIN, CHENG XI | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
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