Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Providence St Joseph Health manages 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 5 distinct art units, indicating that the company's mechanical and systems-related innovations cover several different specialized fields. The prosecution is further decentralized by the involvement of 6 distinct examiners, meaning each pending action is being reviewed by a different official. This variety suggests that the company must navigate a broad array of examiner temperaments and departmental interpretations.
Examiner HANKS, BENJAMIN L is identified as the busiest examiner, though they only hold 1 pending office action. This highlights the distribution of the workload, where no single examiner has a dominant influence over the portfolio. For practitioners, this environment requires an adaptable strategy, as they must manage multiple examiner relationships and navigate the specific nuances of the 5 distinct art units simultaneously. The lack of concentration in any single art unit necessitates a case-by-case approach to prosecution.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 5 (83%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANKS, BENJAMIN L | 1 | 21.4% | +30.3% |
| PEREZ-ARROYO, RAQUEL | 1 | 58.8% | +30.3% |
| PEREN, VINCENT ROBERT | 1 | 69.6% | +19.5% |
| HAYNES, DAWN TRINAH | 1 | 2.5% | +0.9% |
| BARTLEY, KENNETH | 1 | 36.0% | +28.5% |
| SITTNER, MICHAEL J | 1 | 10.9% | +14.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17950867 | RECEIVING PRESCRIPTION REFILL REQUESTS VIA VOICE AND/OR FREE-TEXT CHAT CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN A PATIENT AND AN AUTOMATED AGENT | HAYNES, DAWN TRINAH | 60d overdue |
| 17950861 | OPTIMIZING MESSAGING TO SERVICE PRINCIPALS USING MACHINE LEARNING | BARTLEY, KENNETH | 18d overdue |
| 18618986 | CLUSTER INTERPRETATION USING A PERSISTENCE MEASURE | PEREZ-ARROYO, RAQUEL | 4d overdue |
| 17746820 | AUTOMATIC PROJECT PLANNING, BUDGETING, AND TRACKING TOOL | SITTNER, MICHAEL J | 13d |
| 18763361 | IDENTIFYING AND ADVANCING PROGRESS THROUGH ANALYTIC METHODS REPRESENTING MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE BASED ON MONITORING A SPOKEN CONVERSATION | HANKS, BENJAMIN L | 28d |
| 18360698 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A VIDEO IN WHICH A PERSON SEES AND HEARS A REPRESENTATION OF THEMSELF DELIVERING A POSITIVE MESSAGE TAILORED TO NEGATIVE FEELINGS THEY ARE PRESENTLY EXPERIENCING | PEREN, VINCENT ROBERT | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17950861 | OPTIMIZING MESSAGING TO SERVICE PRINCIPALS USING MACHINE LEARNING | BARTLEY, KENNETH | 18d overdue |
| 18618986 | CLUSTER INTERPRETATION USING A PERSISTENCE MEASURE | PEREZ-ARROYO, RAQUEL | 4d overdue |
| 17746820 | AUTOMATIC PROJECT PLANNING, BUDGETING, AND TRACKING TOOL | SITTNER, MICHAEL J | 13d |
| 18763361 | IDENTIFYING AND ADVANCING PROGRESS THROUGH ANALYTIC METHODS REPRESENTING MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE BASED ON MONITORING A SPOKEN CONVERSATION | HANKS, BENJAMIN L | 28d |
| 18360698 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A VIDEO IN WHICH A PERSON SEES AND HEARS A REPRESENTATION OF THEMSELF DELIVERING A POSITIVE MESSAGE TAILORED TO NEGATIVE FEELINGS THEY ARE PRESENTLY EXPERIENCING | PEREN, VINCENT ROBERT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3684 | 2 |
| 2169 | 1 |
| 2617 | 1 |
| 3686 | 1 |
| 3621 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18763361 | IDENTIFYING AND ADVANCING PROGRESS THROUGH ANALYTIC METHODS REPRESENTING MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE BASED ON MONITORING A SPOKEN CONVERSATION | HANKS, BENJAMIN L | 3684 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18618986 | CLUSTER INTERPRETATION USING A PERSISTENCE MEASURE | PEREZ-ARROYO, RAQUEL | 2169 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18360698 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A VIDEO IN WHICH A PERSON SEES AND HEARS A REPRESENTATION OF THEMSELF DELIVERING A POSITIVE MESSAGE TAILORED TO NEGATIVE FEELINGS THEY ARE PRESENTLY EXPERIENCING | PEREN, VINCENT ROBERT | 2617 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 17950867 | RECEIVING PRESCRIPTION REFILL REQUESTS VIA VOICE AND/OR FREE-TEXT CHAT CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN A PATIENT AND AN AUTOMATED AGENT | HAYNES, DAWN TRINAH | 3686 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Sep 22, 2022 |
| 17950861 | OPTIMIZING MESSAGING TO SERVICE PRINCIPALS USING MACHINE LEARNING | BARTLEY, KENNETH | 3684 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Sep 22, 2022 |
| 17746820 | AUTOMATIC PROJECT PLANNING, BUDGETING, AND TRACKING TOOL | SITTNER, MICHAEL J | 3621 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | May 17, 2022 |
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