Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Oishii Farm Corporation has 4 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units. This suggests that the company's agricultural or transportation technology is being examined in two different technical areas, requiring a multi-faceted prosecution strategy.
There are 4 distinct examiners assigned to these cases. NGUYEN, SON T is the busiest, with 1 pending office action. The use of 4 different examiners for the pending actions indicates a diverse set of perspectives across the portfolio. This lack of examiner overlap means the company must address the individual preferences of four different officials.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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) | 4 (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, SON T | 1 | 28.9% | +16.3% |
| BEKELE, MEKONEN T | 1 | 79.1% | +13.7% |
| XU, PETER | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| HAYES, KRISTEN C | 1 | 68.5% | +21.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18619847 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERTICAL FARMING | HAYES, KRISTEN C | 60d |
| 18955502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERTICAL FARMING | NGUYEN, SON T | 75d |
| 18812458 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND MANAGING PESTS | BEKELE, MEKONEN T | — |
| 18812487 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HARVESTING FRUIT | XU, PETER | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18619847 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERTICAL FARMING | HAYES, KRISTEN C | 60d |
| 18955502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERTICAL FARMING | NGUYEN, SON T | 75d |
| 18812458 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND MANAGING PESTS | BEKELE, MEKONEN T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3643 | 1 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18955502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERTICAL FARMING | NGUYEN, SON T | 3643 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 75d | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18812458 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND MANAGING PESTS | BEKELE, MEKONEN T | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18812487 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HARVESTING FRUIT | XU, PETER | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18619847 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERTICAL FARMING | HAYES, KRISTEN C | 3642 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 60d | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
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