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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shanghai Ant Chuangjiang Information Technology Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This specific matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, MERRITT J HASBROUCK. The prosecution activity is currently limited to a single distinct art unit, reflecting a highly centralized examination path for the company's current filings.
MERRITT J HASBROUCK is identified as the busiest examiner with a single pending office action. Since there is only a single pending office action in total for the portfolio, this examiner is responsible for the entirety of the company's active prosecution. This alignment between the examiner and the art unit simplifies the tracking of procedural requirements for this portfolio.
The concentration of the pending office action under a single examiner suggests a streamlined interaction with the patent office. Practitioners managing this portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area can focus their strategy on the specific tendencies of the named examiner. The presence of a single distinct art unit further confirms that the current legal challenges are confined to a single specialized group within the office.
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 |
|---|---|
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASBROUCK, MERRITT J | 1 | 9.8% | +7.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18775724 | Payment method, apparatus, device and medium based on near field communication | HASBROUCK, MERRITT J | 15d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3695 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18775724 | Payment method, apparatus, device and medium based on near field communication | HASBROUCK, MERRITT J | 3695 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
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