Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ramp Business Corporation has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are spread across 3 distinct art units, showing a relatively high level of organizational variety for such a small number of filings. The prosecution involves 4 distinct examiners, which means that every pending action is being reviewed by a different person. This distribution suggests that even with a small portfolio, the company faces a diverse range of examiner perspectives.
PHAN, NICHOLAS K is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, handling 1 pending office action. Since there are 4 distinct examiners, each is responsible for a single case. This lack of concentration makes it difficult to identify company-wide prosecution trends based on examiner behavior. Practitioners must focus on the specific requirements of the 3 distinct art units to find commonalities in how the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area is being handled.
Success will likely depend on addressing the unique concerns of each individual involved in the process. This high ratio of examiners to actions requires a detailed, individualized approach for every application. The involvement of multiple departments further complicates the development of a unified strategy for the 4 pending office actions, making case-specific attention essential for favorable outcomes.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 3 (60%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHAN, NICHOLAS K | 1 | 51.8% | +18.8% |
| LY, CHEYNE D | 1 | 78.9% | +10.8% |
| MILLER, ALAN S | 1 | 70.6% | +26.6% |
| COHEN, ZARED ORION | 1 | — | — |
| KING, DAVIDA LEE | 1 | 35.6% | +36.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18828468 | USER INTERFACE FOR RECURRING TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT | MILLER, ALAN S | 12d |
| 17566617 | DOCUMENTATION RECORD VERIFICATION | KING, DAVIDA LEE | 86d |
| 19424918 | DIRECT TRANSACTION DATA ENTRY CODING AND INTEGRATION | PHAN, NICHOLAS K | — |
| 18671914 | AUTOMATED DATA INSTANCE ASSIGNMENT AND INTEGRATION | COHEN, ZARED ORION | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18828468 | USER INTERFACE FOR RECURRING TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT | MILLER, ALAN S | 12d |
| 17566617 | DOCUMENTATION RECORD VERIFICATION | KING, DAVIDA LEE | 86d |
| 19424918 | DIRECT TRANSACTION DATA ENTRY CODING AND INTEGRATION | PHAN, NICHOLAS K | — |
| 19169986 | USER INTERFACE FEATURES FOR MULTI-PRODUCT REPORT | LY, CHEYNE D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3699 | 2 |
| 2152 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19424918 | DIRECT TRANSACTION DATA ENTRY CODING AND INTEGRATION | PHAN, NICHOLAS K | 3699 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2025 |
| 19169986 | USER INTERFACE FEATURES FOR MULTI-PRODUCT REPORT | LY, CHEYNE D | 2152 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 18828468 | USER INTERFACE FOR RECURRING TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT | MILLER, ALAN S | 3625 | §101 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18671914 | AUTOMATED DATA INSTANCE ASSIGNMENT AND INTEGRATION | COHEN, ZARED ORION | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 17566617 | DOCUMENTATION RECORD VERIFICATION | KING, DAVIDA LEE | 3699 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 86d | Pending | Dec 30, 2021 |
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