Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Railserve Inc. has a patent portfolio in the Networking & Security technology area. The company currently faces 2 pending office actions. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit. This structure indicates that the company's current legal challenges are concentrated within a single specialized unit, even though 2 examiners are involved in the review process.
LIN, CHENG XI is identified as the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because there are 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, each examiner is handling 1 of the company's active files. The presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests a narrow technological focus for the current pending applications. This concentration within a single unit may provide some predictability in the examination process, although the 2 distinct examiners will each bring their own perspective to the 2 pending office actions.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIN, CHENG XI | 1 | 84.6% | +13.9% |
| HUNTER, MISHAWN N | 1 | 78.2% | +14.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18914879 | Derail Warning Light System | LIN, CHENG XI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18914879 | Derail Warning Light System | LIN, CHENG XI | — |
| 18820892 | Interactive Safety System for Vehicles | HUNTER, MISHAWN N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2484 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18914879 | Derail Warning Light System | LIN, CHENG XI | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18820892 | Interactive Safety System for Vehicles | HUNTER, MISHAWN N | 2484 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
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