Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Seekops Inc. is managing 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units and involve 3 distinct examiners. This distribution indicates that while the technology is focused, the specific applications are being evaluated by different sets of eyes. The busiest examiner, DAGER, JONATHAN M, is responsible for 1 pending action, showing an even workload distribution across the 3 examiners.
The use of 2 distinct art units for 3 pending office actions suggests some overlap in the technical classification of the company's filings. However, the fact that 3 distinct examiners are involved means that each of the 3 pending office actions will likely receive a unique interpretation. Practitioners must tailor their responses to the individual preferences of each examiner rather than assuming a uniform approach across the portfolio.
With 3 pending office actions, Seekops Inc. has a moderate level of activity that requires careful coordination. The relationship of pending actions to examiners for the busiest official, DAGER, JONATHAN M, confirms that no single examiner is handling multiple cases for the company. This lack of examiner concentration means that success in one matter may not necessarily influence the outcomes of the others.
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 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (33%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAGER, JONATHAN M | 1 | 82.4% | +4.8% |
| KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 1 | 62.3% | +35.1% |
| BUTLER, KEVIN C | 1 | 89.5% | +8.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18962544 | CLOSED SURFACE FLIGHT PATTERN GENERATION FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) FLUX PLANE ASSESSMENT OF LARGE FACILITIES | DAGER, JONATHAN M | — |
| 18737718 | ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT, HANDHELD GAS LEAK DETECTION DEVICE | BUTLER, KEVIN C | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18899876 | Serviceable Dust Filter for Optical Based Gaseous Sensors | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18899876 | Serviceable Dust Filter for Optical Based Gaseous Sensors | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3663 | 1 |
| 2852 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18962544 | CLOSED SURFACE FLIGHT PATTERN GENERATION FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) FLUX PLANE ASSESSMENT OF LARGE FACILITIES | DAGER, JONATHAN M | 3663 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18899876 | Serviceable Dust Filter for Optical Based Gaseous Sensors | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18737718 | ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT, HANDHELD GAS LEAK DETECTION DEVICE | BUTLER, KEVIN C | 2852 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
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