Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Regions Asset Company operates a company patent portfolio within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. There are currently 3 pending office actions associated with this portfolio. These actions are being reviewed by 3 distinct examiners. Additionally, the prosecution activity is divided among 3 distinct art units, which reflects a range of technical subject matter being examined at the USPTO. This distribution suggests that the portfolio covers multiple technical sub-sectors.
The busiest examiner identified in the data is KWONG, CHO YIU. This examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action. Given that the total number of pending office actions is 3, the portfolio active cases are distributed across multiple points of review. This distribution means that the applicant must manage 3 distinct examiner relationships and navigate the procedural nuances of 3 distinct art units. The lack of concentration under a single examiner suggests that the portfolio progress is influenced by several different perspectives within the patent office.
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 | 2 (67%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KWONG, CHO YIU | 1 | 32.3% | +4.3% |
| FU, HAO | 1 | 50.1% | +24.8% |
| MALHOTRA, SANJEEV | 1 | 65.7% | +30.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13588763 | UNDERBANKED AND UNBANKED METHOD AND MODULE | KWONG, CHO YIU | — |
| 12257018 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS | FU, HAO | — |
| 12209636 | Client relationship manager | MALHOTRA, SANJEEV | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12257018 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS | FU, HAO | — |
| 12209636 | Client relationship manager | MALHOTRA, SANJEEV | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3693 | 1 |
| 3695 | 1 |
| 3691 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13588763 | UNDERBANKED AND UNBANKED METHOD AND MODULE | KWONG, CHO YIU | 3693 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2012 |
| 12257018 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS | FU, HAO | 3695 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2008 |
| 12209636 | Client relationship manager | MALHOTRA, SANJEEV | 3691 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2008 |
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