Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Salus Finance LLC manages 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. NOVAK, REBECCA R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action.
The presence of 2 distinct art units indicates that the 2 pending office actions involve different technical classifications within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. With 2 distinct examiners assigned, the company's prosecution is not concentrated under a single official, requiring a tailored approach for each case. NOVAK, REBECCA R handles 1 pending office action, accounting for half of the current portfolio activity.
This distribution across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's intellectual property filings are technically varied. Practitioners must navigate the specific requirements of different art units, each with its own procedural nuances. Because NOVAK, REBECCA R is responsible for the pending office action, her individual review style will be a key factor in the company's success for that specific portion of 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 only | 1 (50%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOVAK, REBECCA R | 1 | 5.9% | +6.7% |
| POINVIL, FRANTZY | 1 | 79.0% | +15.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18436903 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSOLIDATION, RECONCILIATION AND PAYMENT MANAGEMENT | POINVIL, FRANTZY | 84d |
| 19003616 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAYROLL RECONCILIATION AND PAYMENT | NOVAK, REBECCA R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18436903 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSOLIDATION, RECONCILIATION AND PAYMENT MANAGEMENT | POINVIL, FRANTZY | 84d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3629 | 1 |
| 3693 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19003616 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAYROLL RECONCILIATION AND PAYMENT | NOVAK, REBECCA R | 3629 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18436903 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSOLIDATION, RECONCILIATION AND PAYMENT MANAGEMENT | POINVIL, FRANTZY | 3693 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
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