Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pre Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner. The singular focus of the pending action indicates a targeted prosecution effort for the company's current filings.
The busiest examiner is MILLER, ALAN S, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the portfolio involves 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution is localized within a single technical group. This arrangement provides a clear and direct point of contact for the company's pending patent application.
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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, ALAN S | 1 | 70.7% | +26.4% |
| SCHNEIDER, JOSHUA D | 1 | 35.5% | +42.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18677794 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COST-OPTIMIZED TRAINING OF MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS | MILLER, ALAN S | — |
| 18097840 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING SIMULATIONS WITH VIRTUAL HUMANS | SCHNEIDER, JOSHUA D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18677794 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COST-OPTIMIZED TRAINING OF MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS | MILLER, ALAN S | — |
| 18097840 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING SIMULATIONS WITH VIRTUAL HUMANS | SCHNEIDER, JOSHUA D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3625 | 1 |
| 3626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18677794 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COST-OPTIMIZED TRAINING OF MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS | MILLER, ALAN S | 3625 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18097840 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING SIMULATIONS WITH VIRTUAL HUMANS | SCHNEIDER, JOSHUA D | 3626 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPre Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Alan S Miller has the most, with 1 of Pre Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
