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
Segmatics Inc. currently has 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single active matter represents the company's current efforts to secure patent protection. The case is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, providing a centralized point of contact for the prosecution process.
The prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the technology is classified within a specific mechanical or transportation specialty. Because the portfolio is limited to 1 distinct art unit, the practitioner can focus on a consistent set of examination guidelines and prior art.
TUTOR, AARON N is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. As the sole examiner involved, TUTOR, AARON N will have a decisive impact on the outcome of the company's current patent efforts. Understanding the specific preferences of this examiner is essential for success.
With 1 pending office action, the prosecution environment is highly streamlined. The practitioner can dedicate full attention to the specific concerns of the assigned examiner in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. This focused approach is ideal for resolving rejections and advancing the application toward allowance.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TUTOR, AARON N | 1 | 33.9% | +32.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18465760 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT VIA CONTROL DATA STRUCTURES | TUTOR, AARON N | 20d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18465760 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT VIA CONTROL DATA STRUCTURES | TUTOR, AARON N | 20d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3627 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18465760 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT VIA CONTROL DATA STRUCTURES | TUTOR, AARON N | 3627 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
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