Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rep Ip AG focuses its patent prosecution in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The company currently has 3 pending office actions under review. These 3 pending office actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, meaning each active matter is assigned to a different individual.
Despite the use of 3 distinct examiners, all current prosecution activity is centralized within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a very specific technical focus for the portfolio, as all active matters are being evaluated within the same specialized group at the patent office. Brian A Tallman is listed as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action.
For practitioners, the concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that while the examiners are different, they likely share a common supervisory chain and follow similar internal guidelines. The 3 distinct examiners represent the entirety of the company's current active examiner pool. Brian A Tallman's involvement in 1 pending office action reflects the even distribution of work across the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TALLMAN, BRIAN A | 1 | 24.2% | +39.0% |
| TRAN, HANH VAN | 1 | 74.0% | +14.1% |
| MOLNAR, HUNTER A | 1 | 50.6% | +33.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19152997 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PLANNING AND MONITORING A COLD CHAIN | TALLMAN, BRIAN A | 3d overdue |
| 18881457 | CONTAINER FOR TRANSPORTING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE GOODS | TRAN, HANH VAN | — |
| 18573299 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRACKING AND CHECKING THE INTEGRITY OF GOODS SHIPMENTS | MOLNAR, HUNTER A | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19152997 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PLANNING AND MONITORING A COLD CHAIN | TALLMAN, BRIAN A | 3d overdue |
| 18881457 | CONTAINER FOR TRANSPORTING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE GOODS | TRAN, HANH VAN | — |
| 18573299 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRACKING AND CHECKING THE INTEGRITY OF GOODS SHIPMENTS | MOLNAR, HUNTER A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3628 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19152997 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PLANNING AND MONITORING A COLD CHAIN | TALLMAN, BRIAN A | 3628 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 18881457 | CONTAINER FOR TRANSPORTING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE GOODS | TRAN, HANH VAN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18573299 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRACKING AND CHECKING THE INTEGRITY OF GOODS SHIPMENTS | MOLNAR, HUNTER A | 3628 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
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