Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
11 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rehrig Pacific Company is currently processing 11 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are located within 7 distinct art units, reflecting a range of mechanical and systems-based applications. The company is interacting with 9 distinct examiners across these 11 pending matters.
The busiest examiner, ING, MATTHEW W, is responsible for 3 busiest_examiner_pending actions. This concentration is notable within the context of the 11 total pending office actions. The remaining actions are distributed such that 9 distinct examiners are involved overall, requiring the company to manage multiple dialogues within the 7 distinct art units.
The presence of 11 pending office actions across 7 distinct art units indicates that the portfolio spans several different examination groups. With 9 distinct examiners involved, the prosecution strategy must handle various examiner approaches. The 3 actions assigned to ING, MATTHEW W, represent the most significant point of contact for the company's current 11 pending actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 + other | 1 (9%) |
| §103 only | 3 (27%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (55%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ING, MATTHEW W | 3 | 64.7% | +8.3% |
| MEMON, OWAIS IQBAL | 1 | 77.6% | +14.7% |
| ARTALEJO, ELIZABETH IRENE | 1 | 41.2% | -18.3% |
| FRY, PATRICK B | 1 | 53.9% | +8.0% |
| ISLAM, SANJIDUL | 1 | 62.3% | +39.9% |
| RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 1 | 78.4% | +15.8% |
| YU, ARIEL J | 1 | 40.3% | +27.4% |
| KHAN, USMAN A | 1 | 74.9% | +11.7% |
| FRICK, EMMA K | 1 | 70.7% | +20.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18899194 | NESTABLE PALLET | ING, MATTHEW W | 31d overdue |
| 18107961 | STORE DELIVERY VISION SYSTEM | YU, ARIEL J | 3d overdue |
| 18937642 | KEG DELIVERY PALLET | ING, MATTHEW W | — |
| 18931938 | BAKERY TRAY VALIDATION SYSTEM | MEMON, OWAIS IQBAL | — |
| 18913568 | HORIZONTAL KEG PALLET | ARTALEJO, ELIZABETH IRENE | — |
| 18608431 | HIGH SPEED WRAPPER | FRY, PATRICK B | — |
| 18218824 | AUTOMATED MOBILE ROBOTS FOR AUTOMATED DELIVERY AND ASSISTED DELIVERY | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18107961 | STORE DELIVERY VISION SYSTEM | YU, ARIEL J | 3d overdue |
| 17844458 | POWERED SLED | FRICK, EMMA K | 20d |
| 18931938 | BAKERY TRAY VALIDATION SYSTEM | MEMON, OWAIS IQBAL | — |
| 18381148 | CONTAINERS FOR OIL BOTTLES OR THE LIKE | ISLAM, SANJIDUL | — |
| 18218824 | AUTOMATED MOBILE ROBOTS FOR AUTOMATED DELIVERY AND ASSISTED DELIVERY | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | — |
| 18083764 | MOBILE CAMERA FOR VALIDATION OF SKUs OF A STACK OF PRODUCTS | KHAN, USMAN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3637 | 4 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| 2637 | 1 |
| 3613 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18990734 | KEG PALLET | ING, MATTHEW W | 3637 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18937642 | KEG DELIVERY PALLET | ING, MATTHEW W | 3637 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18931938 | BAKERY TRAY VALIDATION SYSTEM | MEMON, OWAIS IQBAL | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18913568 | HORIZONTAL KEG PALLET | ARTALEJO, ELIZABETH IRENE | 3637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18899194 | NESTABLE PALLET | ING, MATTHEW W | 3637 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18608431 | HIGH SPEED WRAPPER | FRY, PATRICK B | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18381148 | CONTAINERS FOR OIL BOTTLES OR THE LIKE | ISLAM, SANJIDUL | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 18218824 | AUTOMATED MOBILE ROBOTS FOR AUTOMATED DELIVERY AND ASSISTED DELIVERY | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 3653 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2023 |
| 18107961 | STORE DELIVERY VISION SYSTEM | YU, ARIEL J | 3627 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Feb 09, 2023 |
| 18083764 | MOBILE CAMERA FOR VALIDATION OF SKUs OF A STACK OF PRODUCTS | KHAN, USMAN A | 2637 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2022 |
| 17844458 | POWERED SLED | FRICK, EMMA K | 3613 | DP | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Jun 20, 2022 |
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