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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Paypulz LLC has 1 pending office action located in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio's current activity is concentrated under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This level of concentration simplifies the monitoring of prosecution trends, as all pending matters are subject to the specific interpretations of a single art unit. The presence of only 1 distinct examiner suggests a narrow focus for the current filings within the broader Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
RANKINS, WILLIAM E is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since this represents the entirety of the pending workload, the company's immediate patent outcomes in this technology area depend on this individual's review. Practitioners can focus their resources on understanding the specific precedents and preferences of this 1 distinct art unit to optimize the prosecution of the pending matter. This singular focus within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area indicates that the company's current patent efforts are likely directed toward a specific technological niche.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RANKINS, WILLIAM E | 1 | 57.6% | +8.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18982348 | PROXY CARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | RANKINS, WILLIAM E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3694 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18982348 | PROXY CARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | RANKINS, WILLIAM E | 3694 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
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