Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
Progress Rail Locomotive Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These are handled by 3 distinct examiners. The actions are spread across 2 distinct art units. BARZEGAR, PEGAH is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action.
This shows that each of the 3 pending office actions is under the review of a different examiner. The presence of 2 distinct art units indicates that the transportation technologies are being evaluated by at least two different specialized groups. Practitioners must manage 3 distinct examiner relationships to resolve the 3 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARZEGAR, PEGAH | 1 | 73.7% | +42.1% |
| DALLO, JOSEPH J | 1 | 89.7% | +7.1% |
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 83.6% | +13.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18929265 | LOCOMOTIVE FLEET ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM | DALLO, JOSEPH J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18956896 | CONFIRMATION OF TARGET LOCOMOTIVES IN A TRAIN | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | — |
| 18663397 | COUPLING AND DECOUPLING OF LOCOMOTIVES | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18956896 | CONFIRMATION OF TARGET LOCOMOTIVES IN A TRAIN | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | — |
| 18663397 | COUPLING AND DECOUPLING OF LOCOMOTIVES | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 1 |
| 3747 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18956896 | CONFIRMATION OF TARGET LOCOMOTIVES IN A TRAIN | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | 3615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18929265 | LOCOMOTIVE FLEET ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM | DALLO, JOSEPH J | 3747 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18663397 | COUPLING AND DECOUPLING OF LOCOMOTIVES | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
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