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
Priceline Com LLC currently manages 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This activity is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. VETTER, DANIEL is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 1 pending action.
The presence of only 1 distinct art unit suggests a focused technological application within the broader category of Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. For practitioners, the prosecution of this portfolio is currently centralized, as VETTER, DANIEL is the sole individual responsible for the pending workload. This centralization allows for a clear understanding of the examiner's expectations and the specific challenges associated with the 1 pending office action.
Monitoring the progress of this single examiner is critical for predicting the outcome of the company's current patent filings. The resolution of this 1 action will likely set the tone for any future applications in the same technology area. Practitioners should tailor their strategy to the specific procedural tendencies of VETTER, DANIEL to ensure a smooth prosecution path.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VETTER, DANIEL | 1 | 20.1% | +9.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18669376 | TRAVEL PLANNING USING DIGITAL ASSISTANT | VETTER, DANIEL | 87d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3628 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18669376 | TRAVEL PLANNING USING DIGITAL ASSISTANT | VETTER, DANIEL | 3628 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 87d overdue | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
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