Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Rgt Inc. is managing 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are located in 2 distinct art units, which indicates that while there is some technical concentration, the applications are being reviewed by more than 1 specialized group. This spread across 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's mechanical technology spans multiple sub-specialties within the transportation sector. The 3 pending office actions show a consistent level of engagement with the patent office. This structure allows the company to receive feedback from multiple reviewers while remaining within a limited number of technical disciplines.
CLEMMONS, STEVE M is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. The company's workload is evenly split among 3 distinct examiners, with each individual responsible for exactly 1 pending matter. This 1 to 1 ratio of 3 pending office actions to 3 distinct examiners ensures that the company receives a unique perspective on each of its applications. By interacting with 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units, the company avoids concentration risk and benefits from a range of technical feedback on its mechanical claims. No single examiner has a dominant influence over the portfolio.
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 + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEMMONS, STEVE M | 1 | 69.5% | +21.0% |
| KENIRY, HEATHER J | 1 | 81.0% | +19.5% |
| AFRIN, NAZIA | 1 | 39.3% | +18.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18952867 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR COLLISION DETECTION BRAKING CONTROL IN SERVING ROBOT | KENIRY, HEATHER J | 8d overdue |
| 18902402 | GOODS DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING UNMANNED DELIVERY ROBOT | AFRIN, NAZIA | 8d overdue |
| 18259988 | SQUARE-SHAPED SERVICE SERVING ROBOT WITH EXCELLENT SERVICE PROVISION SPACE UTILIZATION | CLEMMONS, STEVE M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18952867 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR COLLISION DETECTION BRAKING CONTROL IN SERVING ROBOT | KENIRY, HEATHER J | 8d overdue |
| 18902402 | GOODS DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING UNMANNED DELIVERY ROBOT | AFRIN, NAZIA | 8d overdue |
| 18259988 | SQUARE-SHAPED SERVICE SERVING ROBOT WITH EXCELLENT SERVICE PROVISION SPACE UTILIZATION | CLEMMONS, STEVE M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3657 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18259988 | SQUARE-SHAPED SERVICE SERVING ROBOT WITH EXCELLENT SERVICE PROVISION SPACE UTILIZATION | CLEMMONS, STEVE M | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18952867 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR COLLISION DETECTION BRAKING CONTROL IN SERVING ROBOT | KENIRY, HEATHER J | 3657 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18902402 | GOODS DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING UNMANNED DELIVERY ROBOT | AFRIN, NAZIA | 3666 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
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