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
Portafill International Limited currently has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, so each case has its own dedicated reviewer. Both pending office actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical focus for the company's current filings.
DEUBLE, MARK A is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. This 1 action is the maximum number of cases assigned to any one examiner in this set. Because there are 2 distinct examiners for only 2 pending office actions, practitioners should expect to navigate two different examination approaches within the same 1 distinct art unit. This structure means that the 2 pending office actions will be subjected to individual scrutiny by 2 distinct examiners, despite their shared technical classification. The 1 pending office action under DEUBLE, MARK A represents one of the 2 active cases in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 1 | 78.4% | +15.8% |
| DEUBLE, MARK A | 1 | 88.2% | +8.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18956538 | MOBILE AGGREGATE PROCESSING PLANT | DEUBLE, MARK A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18956531 | CRUSHER SCREENING UNIT | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 36d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18956531 | CRUSHER SCREENING UNIT | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 36d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18956531 | CRUSHER SCREENING UNIT | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 3653 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18956538 | MOBILE AGGREGATE PROCESSING PLANT | DEUBLE, MARK A | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
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