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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Oto Industry (Wuhan) Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners but are contained within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests a consistent technical classification for the company's current filings despite the involvement of multiple examiners.
KUMAR, RAKESH is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending action under review. Since the total number of pending office actions is 2, the workload is distributed between KUMAR, RAKESH and the other of the 2 distinct examiners. The distribution of 2 actions among 2 distinct examiners indicates that each examiner is currently handling a case for the company. The 1 distinct art unit provides a unified administrative backdrop for both pending actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUMAR, RAKESH | 1 | 57.2% | +28.2% |
| OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY | 1 | 89.2% | +3.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18108608 | Dispenser Apparatus for Detachable Shoe Covers and Method Thereof | OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18937020 | Shoe Cover Dispenser Device | KUMAR, RAKESH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18937020 | Shoe Cover Dispenser Device | KUMAR, RAKESH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3651 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18937020 | Shoe Cover Dispenser Device | KUMAR, RAKESH | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18108608 | Dispenser Apparatus for Detachable Shoe Covers and Method Thereof | OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY | 3651 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2023 |
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