Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Outrider Technologies Inc. is managing 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending office actions currently under review. The 6 pending actions are distributed among 4 distinct art units, suggesting a variety of technical focuses within the transportation and mechanical systems field.
With 5 distinct examiners involved, most officials are handling a single case, while the busiest examiner handles 2. This distribution provides a balanced prosecution environment across multiple examiners and art units. The busiest examiner pending count of 2 is a portion of the 6 total pending actions. The presence of 4 distinct art units suggests that the filings cover multiple technical sections of the patent office. This structure requires the company to manage interactions with 5 different examiners across 4 separate art units. ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE is the busiest examiner for these 6 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE | 2 | 92.8% | +4.6% |
| YOUNG, TIFFANY P | 1 | 79.7% | +22.7% |
| STANLEY, TYLER JAY | 1 | 46.9% | +54.2% |
| KIRBY, BRIAN R | 1 | 72.3% | +19.8% |
| REINBOLD, SCOTT A | 1 | 69.4% | +13.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19362271 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED OPERATION AND HANDLING OF AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS AND TRAILERS HAULED THEREBY | ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE | — |
| 19254938 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED OPERATION AND HANDLING OF AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS AND TRAILERS HAULED THEREBY | ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19063870 | REMOTE WEB BASED CONTROLS FOR AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS | YOUNG, TIFFANY P | — |
| 18630535 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEPLOYING A TRAILER ANGLE ENCODER | STANLEY, TYLER JAY | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17848123 | AUTONOMOUS TRAILER MANEUVERING | REINBOLD, SCOTT A | 50d overdue |
| 19063870 | REMOTE WEB BASED CONTROLS FOR AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS | YOUNG, TIFFANY P | — |
| 18630535 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEPLOYING A TRAILER ANGLE ENCODER | STANLEY, TYLER JAY | — |
| 18401061 | MOTOR STALL AND TRAILER LIFT | KIRBY, BRIAN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3747 | 2 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19362271 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED OPERATION AND HANDLING OF AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS AND TRAILERS HAULED THEREBY | ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE | 3661 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2025 |
| 19254938 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED OPERATION AND HANDLING OF AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS AND TRAILERS HAULED THEREBY | ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE | 3656 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19063870 | REMOTE WEB BASED CONTROLS FOR AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS | YOUNG, TIFFANY P | 3665 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 18630535 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEPLOYING A TRAILER ANGLE ENCODER | STANLEY, TYLER JAY | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18401061 | MOTOR STALL AND TRAILER LIFT | KIRBY, BRIAN R | 3747 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 17848123 | AUTONOMOUS TRAILER MANEUVERING | REINBOLD, SCOTT A | 3747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Jun 23, 2022 |
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