Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 1 of 4 (25%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
QUALCOMM Auto Ltd. operates within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The company currently faces 3 pending office actions. These matters are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, which shows that the prosecution workload is spread across different individuals. The cases are also assigned to 3 distinct art units, indicating a variety of technical classifications for the pending applications.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is SU, STEPHANIE T. This examiner is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because the total number of pending office actions is shared equally among the distinct examiners, no individual dominates the current docket. The Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems focus suggests the filings involve complex logistical or mechanical technologies.
Practitioners should note that the use of different art units may lead to varying examination standards and timelines. Each of the examiners will bring a unique perspective to the pending office actions. Managing the different art units requires a flexible approach to patent prosecution. The role of SU, STEPHANIE T is limited to 1 busiest examiner pending office action at this time.
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 (25%) |
| §103 only | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SU, STEPHANIE T | 1 | 67.1% | +29.4% |
| GOODBODY, JOAN T | 1 | 51.2% | +36.2% |
| ROBINSON, KITO R | 1 | 62.3% | +38.9% |
| PALL, CHARLES J | 1 | 54.4% | +17.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18325615 | MANAGING AN INTEGRAL PART OF A CONTROLLER OF AN AUTOMATED VEHICLE | SU, STEPHANIE T | 27d |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18325615 | MANAGING AN INTEGRAL PART OF A CONTROLLER OF AN AUTOMATED VEHICLE | SU, STEPHANIE T | 27d |
| 18309209 | Vehicle Processing Systems And Methods For Stimulating Animal Behavior | GOODBODY, JOAN T | — |
| 18163463 | EGOMOTION LOCATION ENHANCEMENT USING SENSED FEATURES MEASUREMENTS | ROBINSON, KITO R | — |
| 16622090 | DETECTION OF NON-V2V VEHICLES | PALL, CHARLES J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3664 | 2 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18325615 | MANAGING AN INTEGRAL PART OF A CONTROLLER OF AN AUTOMATED VEHICLE | SU, STEPHANIE T | 3662 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | AI Ready | May 30, 2023 |
| 18309209 | Vehicle Processing Systems And Methods For Stimulating Animal Behavior | GOODBODY, JOAN T | 3664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2023 |
| 18163463 | EGOMOTION LOCATION ENHANCEMENT USING SENSED FEATURES MEASUREMENTS | ROBINSON, KITO R | 3664 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2023 |
| 16622090 | DETECTION OF NON-V2V VEHICLES | PALL, CHARLES J | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2019 |
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