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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Qingdao Tmz Tools Co. Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to a distinct examiner, CLEMMONS, STEVE M. The matter is situated in a distinct art unit. CLEMMONS, STEVE M is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The company's current prosecution profile is focused on this single pending matter.
The concentration of the entire active portfolio under a single examiner and art unit simplifies the prosecution strategy. Practitioners can focus exclusively on the specific requirements and historical tendencies of CLEMMONS, STEVE M. Because there is only a single art unit involved, the company's current interactions with the patent office are highly centralized. This focus within the transportation and mechanical sector suggests a targeted approach to their intellectual property development. The involvement of a single examiner ensures a consistent set of feedback applies to the company's current work. This streamlined structure allows for a direct and focused prosecution effort.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEMMONS, STEVE M | 1 | 69.5% | +21.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18904774 | PORTABLE SHOPPING CART CAPABLE OF SERVING AS SEAT | CLEMMONS, STEVE 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18904774 | PORTABLE SHOPPING CART CAPABLE OF SERVING AS SEAT | CLEMMONS, STEVE M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3613 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18904774 | PORTABLE SHOPPING CART CAPABLE OF SERVING AS SEAT | CLEMMONS, STEVE M | 3613 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
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