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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
SAFRAN currently faces 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. BARLOW, ADAM G is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending action. The portfolio's current activity is entirely focused on this 1 interaction, making the outcome of this action critical for the company's immediate patent goals.
This centralization simplifies the prosecution strategy, as the company only needs to address the concerns of BARLOW, ADAM G. The specific assignment to 1 distinct art unit provides a clear context for the technical standards being applied to the pending claims in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. With only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company can focus its research on the specific examination history of the assigned individual. This narrow prosecution footprint reduces the complexity of managing multiple deadlines compared to larger portfolios. The presence of 1 pending office action indicates a highly targeted or consolidated phase of intellectual property development for the company at this time.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARLOW, ADAM G | 1 | 70.9% | +19.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18839365 | GANTRY CRANE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF ERECTION | BARLOW, ADAM G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3633 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18839365 | GANTRY CRANE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF ERECTION | BARLOW, ADAM G | 3633 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
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