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
Nok Klueber Co. Ltd. is managing 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. The company's current prosecution activity is focused on this single pending action.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is JOHNSON, PHILLIP A, who holds 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the total number of pending office actions is 1, this examiner is responsible for all active matters. This concentration allows for a direct and focused interaction between the applicant and the examiner.
Practitioners should analyze the 1 pending office action within the context of the 1 distinct art unit. Since JOHNSON, PHILLIP A is the only examiner involved, understanding their specific approach to the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area is essential for resolving the 1 pending office action.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, PHILLIP A | 1 | 81.5% | +12.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18993217 | SEALING DEVICE | JOHNSON, PHILLIP A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18993217 | SEALING DEVICE | JOHNSON, PHILLIP A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18993217 | SEALING DEVICE | JOHNSON, PHILLIP A | 3617 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
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