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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Redifarms LLC maintains a focused patent portfolio within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The company currently has 1 pending office action, which is being handled by 1 distinct examiner. This indicates a narrow but active engagement with the patent office in this specific technical field.
The prosecution activity is localized within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a specialized focus for the pending matter. KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. This specific examiner is responsible for the entirety of the company's pending workload. The concentration of the workload within a single art unit allows for a consistent application of examination standards for the company's technology.
Practitioners should note that the centralization of the portfolio under the current distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit simplifies the communication channel. The presence of the pending office action suggests that the prosecution phase is limited to a single point of contact within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. This structure may facilitate a more efficient resolution of the pending application.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | 1 | 44.3% | +37.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18756046 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VERTICAL HYDROPONIC PLANT CULTIVATION | KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | 23d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18756046 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VERTICAL HYDROPONIC PLANT CULTIVATION | KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
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