Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
22 pending office actions • 7 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pioneer Smart Sensing Innovations Corporation maintains a large portfolio with 22 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 7 distinct art units, showing a broad range of technical classifications. The prosecution is handled by 20 distinct examiners, which indicates that the company interacts with a wide variety of examination styles at the USPTO.
CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 2 pending cases. This represents a small fraction of the 22 total pending office actions, highlighting a highly decentralized prosecution environment. With 20 distinct examiners involved, the company's patent strategy must account for many different individual perspectives and interpretations of the law.
Practitioners should note that while the busiest examiner has 2 pending actions, the remaining pending office actions are being reviewed by unique examiners. This diversity reduces the impact of any single examiner's tendencies on the overall portfolio but requires significant coordination across 7 distinct art units. The high number of 20 distinct examiners suggests that the company's innovations are being scrutinized by a broad cross-section of the USPTO's mechanical and transportation divisions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (18%) |
| §103 only | 5 (23%) |
| §102 only | 2 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE | 2 | 51.7% | +39.9% |
| NOEL, JEMPSON | 2 | 66.5% | +32.2% |
| AYUB, HINA F | 1 | 84.9% | +17.4% |
| RATCLIFFE, LUKE D | 1 | 87.3% | +10.3% |
| HUBER, MELANIE GRACE | 1 | 75.7% | +15.7% |
| OLSON, LARS A | 1 | 81.9% | +14.0% |
| LI, RUIPING | 1 | 76.8% | +18.4% |
| BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | 1 | 83.8% | +11.8% |
| BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES | 1 | 77.6% | +16.8% |
| QURESHI, MARIAM | 1 | 75.5% | +22.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18844203 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | OLSON, LARS A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18688890 | SERVER DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | CULLEN, TANNER L | 36d overdue |
| 18689189 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND SENSOR DEVICE | SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA | 41d |
| 18845127 | POSITION ESTIMATION APPARATUS, POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | AYUB, HINA F | — |
| 18845372 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | RATCLIFFE, LUKE D | — |
| 18844429 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HUBER, MELANIE GRACE | — |
| 18844223 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE | — |
| 18842969 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LI, RUIPING | — |
| 18835981 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18845127 | POSITION ESTIMATION APPARATUS, POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | AYUB, HINA F | — |
| 18845372 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | RATCLIFFE, LUKE D | — |
| 18844429 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HUBER, MELANIE GRACE | — |
| 18844223 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE | — |
| 18844203 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | OLSON, LARS A | — |
| 18842969 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LI, RUIPING | — |
| 18835981 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | — |
| 18721167 | SENSOR DEVICE | BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 2 |
| 2871 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 2673 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18845127 | POSITION ESTIMATION APPARATUS, POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | AYUB, HINA F | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18845372 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | RATCLIFFE, LUKE D | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18844429 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HUBER, MELANIE GRACE | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18844223 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18844203 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | OLSON, LARS A | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18842969 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LI, RUIPING | — | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18835981 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18721167 | SENSOR DEVICE | BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18721171 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND SENSOR DEVICE | NOEL, JEMPSON | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18721160 | OPTICAL DEVICE | QURESHI, MARIAM | 2871 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18717737 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD | NOEL, JEMPSON | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18717375 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, DETERMINATION APPARATUS, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18709979 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MODEL GENERATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | SLAUGHTER, ETHAN JAKOB | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18710155 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | BILLAH, MASUM | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18689189 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND SENSOR DEVICE | SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA | 2872 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18689274 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | CAI, PHUONG HAU | 2673 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18688890 | SERVER DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | CULLEN, TANNER L | 3656 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18687241 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND SENSOR DEVICE | FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18284128 | MAP DATA STRUCTURE, STORAGE DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18279793 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | NGUYEN, LAM S | 2853 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18283174 | SENSOR DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE | 3645 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18281269 | SENSOR DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | 3645 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
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