Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Pubinno Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, MARU, TEMESGEN MALLEDE, is responsible for 2 pending actions. This distribution shows a variety in the portfolio's prosecution, with a concentration of work under a single individual who manages the majority of the pending matters.
With 3 pending office actions, the company is actively engaging with the office across various matters. The fact that the busiest examiner is MARU, TEMESGEN MALLEDE makes this individual an influential figure in the company's current patent trajectory. Practitioners should focus on the specific feedback received from this examiner, as it will impact a significant portion of the pending portfolio. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the technology being patented may span different functional categories within the mechanical systems sector.
The presence of 2 distinct examiners across different art units requires a coordinated prosecution strategy. While the pending office actions are relatively few, the concentration of work with a single examiner provides an opportunity to identify patterns in rejections or requirements. Practitioners should leverage the data from the actions with the busiest examiner to inform the strategy for the entire Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARU, TEMESGEN MALLEDE | 2 | 72.7% | +30.3% |
| MANCHO, RONNIE M | 1 | 76.0% | +2.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18470710 | NETWORKED DRAFT BEVERAGE SYSTEM | MARU, TEMESGEN MALLEDE | 25d overdue |
| 18470617 | NETWORKED DRAFT BEVERAGE SYSTEM | MANCHO, RONNIE M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18470578 | FLUID DISPENSING TAP | MARU, TEMESGEN MALLEDE | 31d overdue |
| 18470710 | NETWORKED DRAFT BEVERAGE SYSTEM | MARU, TEMESGEN MALLEDE | 25d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3655 | 2 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18470710 | NETWORKED DRAFT BEVERAGE SYSTEM | MARU, TEMESGEN MALLEDE | 3655 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 25d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18470617 | NETWORKED DRAFT BEVERAGE SYSTEM | MANCHO, RONNIE M | 3657 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18470578 | FLUID DISPENSING TAP | MARU, TEMESGEN MALLEDE | 3655 | §103 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
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