Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Quality Electrical Systems Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Both of these matters are assigned to 1 distinct examiner and are located within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration indicates that the company's current prosecution is focused on a specific technical area and is being reviewed by a single individual. Such a setup can lead to a more consistent prosecution experience across the 2 pending office actions.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is BARLOW, ADAM G, who is responsible for 2 pending office actions. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, this individual manages all of the company's active office action workload. Practitioners should prepare for a consistent review process, as the pending actions are under the authority of the same examiner. This allows for a unified strategy in responding to rejections, as the arguments presented in 1 case may influence the examiner's perspective on the other.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARLOW, ADAM G | 2 | 70.9% | +19.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18959365 | WATERSHED WALL SYSTEM | BARLOW, ADAM G | — |
| 18951632 | SELF-FRAMING INTERLOCKING WALL PANELS WITH EMBEDDED NUTS | BARLOW, ADAM G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18959365 | WATERSHED WALL SYSTEM | BARLOW, ADAM G | — |
| 18951632 | SELF-FRAMING INTERLOCKING WALL PANELS WITH EMBEDDED NUTS | BARLOW, ADAM G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3633 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18959365 | WATERSHED WALL SYSTEM | BARLOW, ADAM G | 3633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18951632 | SELF-FRAMING INTERLOCKING WALL PANELS WITH EMBEDDED NUTS | BARLOW, ADAM G | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
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