Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Overhaul Group Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed among 2 distinct examiners. All 3 actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a very concentrated review environment for the company's technology. This concentration suggests that the company's current filings are highly related and are being evaluated by a single specialized group at the USPTO.
WALSH, EMMETT K is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This means a majority of the 3 pending office actions are handled by a single examiner. The concentration of all actions within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company is interacting with a single specialized group. For the practitioner, this means that this examiner's specific review patterns and the art unit's policies will have a significant impact on the overall success of the company's current patent filings.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALSH, EMMETT K | 2 | 52.7% | +20.3% |
| EKECHUKWU, CHINEDU U | 1 | 1.9% | +1.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17820873 | INTELLIGENT, DYNAMIC RISK MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION, WITH CORRECTIVE ACTION MONITORING AND AUTONOMOUS OPERATOR RISK/SAFETY LEVEL DETERMINATION FOR INSURANCE OF VEHICLES, OPERATORS, AND DRIVERS | EKECHUKWU, CHINEDU U | 13d |
| 19204419 | SHIPMENT TRACKING SYSTEM PROVIDING MONITORING OF ACCESS TO A CLOSED SHIPPING CONTAINER OR CARGO SPACE UTILIZING LOCALLY- DEPLOYED ACCESS REPORTING AND MONITORING DEVICES | WALSH, EMMETT K | — |
| 19201914 | SHIPMENT TRACKING SYSTEM PROVIDING MONITORING OF A CABLE SEAL PLACED ON AN ACCESS DOOR OF A CLOSED SHIPPING CONTAINER OR CARGO SPACE TO DETECT AND REPORT UN-SCHEDULED COMMUNICATION DEVICE REMOVAL/TAMPERING VIA COMMUNICATION WITH AN INTERMEDIATE | WALSH, EMMETT K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19204419 | SHIPMENT TRACKING SYSTEM PROVIDING MONITORING OF ACCESS TO A CLOSED SHIPPING CONTAINER OR CARGO SPACE UTILIZING LOCALLY- DEPLOYED ACCESS REPORTING AND MONITORING DEVICES | WALSH, EMMETT K | — |
| 19201914 | SHIPMENT TRACKING SYSTEM PROVIDING MONITORING OF A CABLE SEAL PLACED ON AN ACCESS DOOR OF A CLOSED SHIPPING CONTAINER OR CARGO SPACE TO DETECT AND REPORT UN-SCHEDULED COMMUNICATION DEVICE REMOVAL/TAMPERING VIA COMMUNICATION WITH AN INTERMEDIATE | WALSH, EMMETT K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3695 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19204419 | SHIPMENT TRACKING SYSTEM PROVIDING MONITORING OF ACCESS TO A CLOSED SHIPPING CONTAINER OR CARGO SPACE UTILIZING LOCALLY- DEPLOYED ACCESS REPORTING AND MONITORING DEVICES | WALSH, EMMETT K | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19201914 | SHIPMENT TRACKING SYSTEM PROVIDING MONITORING OF A CABLE SEAL PLACED ON AN ACCESS DOOR OF A CLOSED SHIPPING CONTAINER OR CARGO SPACE TO DETECT AND REPORT UN-SCHEDULED COMMUNICATION DEVICE REMOVAL/TAMPERING VIA COMMUNICATION WITH AN INTERMEDIATE | WALSH, EMMETT K | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 17820873 | INTELLIGENT, DYNAMIC RISK MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION, WITH CORRECTIVE ACTION MONITORING AND AUTONOMOUS OPERATOR RISK/SAFETY LEVEL DETERMINATION FOR INSURANCE OF VEHICLES, OPERATORS, AND DRIVERS | EKECHUKWU, CHINEDU U | 3695 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Aug 18, 2022 |
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