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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shuert Technology LLC has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner. ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO is the examiner for this 1 pending action, representing the company's current pending activity. This single 1 pending office action suggests a very targeted technical focus for the company's current patent filings. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination style of this 1 distinct art unit.
The assignment of the company's workload to 1 distinct art unit means it is currently subject to the examination standards of only one technical division. With 1 distinct examiner, ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO, handling the entire pending portfolio, the company's immediate patent outcomes depend on this individual's review. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of this 1 distinct art unit. This profile indicates that the company is currently managing a very limited and specific set of active patent applications. The success of this 1 pending office action is tied to the assessment of ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO within the 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 1 | 61.2% | +35.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19088369 | Palletized Container with Clip-Locked Sleeve | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19088369 | Palletized Container with Clip-Locked Sleeve | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19088369 | Palletized Container with Clip-Locked Sleeve | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 3677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
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