Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
275 pending office actions • 100 art units • 237 examiners • 0 of 275 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 501 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 72 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 72 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 14 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 89 (32%) |
| §103 only | 76 (28%) |
| §102 only | 11 (4%) |
| §112 only | 8 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 77 (28%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | 3 | 81.8% | +16.8% |
| BARZEGAR, PEGAH | 3 | 73.7% | +42.1% |
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3 | 83.6% | +13.0% |
| GIRI, PURSOTTAM | 3 | 19.9% | +12.1% |
| TRAN, VINCENT HUY | 3 | 86.5% | +9.8% |
| BOLTON, WILLIAM A | 3 | 89.3% | +5.7% |
| HANN, JAY B | 3 | 61.2% | +31.7% |
| ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 3 | 82.9% | +17.3% |
| MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 2 | 59.8% | +25.3% |
| RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 2 | 83.3% | +15.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18694051 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING BRAKING-BEHAVIOR-RELEVANT PARAMETERS | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 29d |
| 18258868 | RAIL VEHICLE CAR HAVING A TANK | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 56d |
| 19100643 | VEHICLE HAVING A CROSS-SECTIONALLY REDUCED PORTION | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — |
| 18855423 | Method and Electronic Assembly for an Automation System | TRAN, VINCENT HUY | — |
| 18641657 | ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY | BOLTON, WILLIAM A | — |
| 18693024 | PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR A CONTACT ELEMENT FOR VACUUM SWITCHES, CONTACT ELEMENT AND VACUUM SWITCH | BOLTON, WILLIAM A | — |
| 18580656 | Granular Display of a Loading State of Web-Based Elements of a Control System for a Technical Plant | TRAN, VINCENT HUY | — |
| 18405027 | Fuel Type Recognition and/or Fuel Quantity Control and/or Air Volume Control | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17997590 | GRAPH CONVOLUTIONAL REINFORCEMENT LEARNING WITH HETEROGENEOUS AGENT GROUPS | GERMICK, JOHNATHAN R | 163d overdue |
| 17910259 | Method and Device for Determining Fouling in a Heat Exchanger | MARONEY, JENNA M | 134d overdue |
| 18832727 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WRITING AND RETRIEVAL OF DATA IN BLOCKCHAIN | BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN | 111d overdue |
| 17641479 | A METHOD FOR COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED GENERATION OF A STATE MACHINE FROM A SIMULATED TECHNICAL COMPONENT IN A BLOCK-BASED SIMULATION MODEL | SAXENA, AKASH | 49d overdue |
| 18559098 | VEHICLE FOR PASSENGER TRANSPORT WITH AN ELECTRIC, COOLED DRIVE DEVICE | BANKS, KEONA LAUREN | 31d overdue |
| 17098340 | METHOD FOR DEFINING A POINT ON A MESH REPRESENTATION OF A PART OF A PRODUCT AND COMMUNICATING THE POINT TO A BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION MODEL | HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW | 31d overdue |
| 18834056 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING PRIVATE DATA AMONG NODES IN BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK | NARRAMORE, BLAKE I | 29d overdue |
| 18867030 | SOFTWARE TOOL AND METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES | ALI, AFAQ | 23d overdue |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18265730 | ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING FAILURE TYPES OF A TECHNICAL SYSTEM | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 17d overdue |
| 18257344 | PROCESS FOR THE MODULAR MANUFACTURING OF A CAR BODY SHELL OF A RAIL VEHICLE, AND CAR BODY SHELL | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | 15d overdue |
| 18245922 | DISPLAYING A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF INFORMATION | MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 9d |
| 18694051 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING BRAKING-BEHAVIOR-RELEVANT PARAMETERS | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 29d |
| 18258868 | RAIL VEHICLE CAR HAVING A TANK | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 56d |
| 19107736 | METHOD FOR ENSURING THE STANDSTILL OF A RAIL VEHICLE | MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | — |
| 19100643 | VEHICLE HAVING A CROSS-SECTIONALLY REDUCED PORTION | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — |
| 18997227 | RAIL VEHICLE HAVING INCREASED SIDE-WIND STABILITY | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3625 | 7 |
| 2838 | 6 |
| 2115 | 6 |
| 2857 | 6 |
| 2186 | 5 |
| 2117 | 5 |
| 3624 | 5 |
| 2193 | 5 |
| 2118 | 5 |
| 3615 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19344862 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A TRACK SECTION, RAILROAD SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | SCHNURR, JOHN R | 2425 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 19107736 | METHOD FOR ENSURING THE STANDSTILL OF A RAIL VEHICLE | MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 3669 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19105947 | TRANSMISSION OF FILES USING AN INTERMEDIATE STORAGE PROCESS | IMANI, CELINE AYLIN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19100643 | VEHICLE HAVING A CROSS-SECTIONALLY REDUCED PORTION | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 18997227 | RAIL VEHICLE HAVING INCREASED SIDE-WIND STABILITY | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18879908 | TOILET WITH DRY STEAM FLUSHING | CARROLL, JEREMY W | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18865700 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMATED DETERMINATION OF THE TRAIN INTEGRITY OF A TRAIN | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18861294 | METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING COMMUNICATION INTERFACES IN ALGORITHMS FROM THE FIELD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | HASAN, SYED HAROON | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18921208 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A WAGON SEQUENCE OF A TRACK-GUIDED VEHICLE COMBINATION | MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18834420 | Electric Rotating Machine With a Can | ANDREWS, MICHAEL | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18728749 | METHOD FOR MONITORING THE EQUIVALENT CONICITY OF A RAIL VEHICLE-RAIL SYSTEM | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18722022 | CARRIAGE BODY FOR A PASSENGER TRANSPORT VEHICLE | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18721396 | Insulation System, Including a Polymer Blend | FREEMAN, JOHN D | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18694051 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING BRAKING-BEHAVIOR-RELEVANT PARAMETERS | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 2855 | §112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18688870 | MONITORING AN ION FILTER FOR A FUEL CELL COOLING CIRCUIT | PLUMB, NIGEL H | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18574098 | OBSTACLE DETECTION IN THE TRACK AREA ON THE BASIS OF DEPTH DATA | LIN, CHENG XI | 3615 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18526214 | METHOD OF ASSESSING INPUT-OUTPUT DATASETS USING NEIGHBORHOOD CRITERIA IN THE INPUT SPACE AND THE OUTPUT SPACE | VAUGHN, RYAN C | — | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18559098 | VEHICLE FOR PASSENGER TRANSPORT WITH AN ELECTRIC, COOLED DRIVE DEVICE | BANKS, KEONA LAUREN | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18557759 | ORIENTATION-BASED POSITION DETERMINATION FOR RAIL VEHICLES | CHANDRASIRI, UPUL PRIYADARSHAN | 3663 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18553627 | AUTOMATED SELECTION AND SEMANTIC CONNECTION OF IMAGES | ELLIOTT, JORDAN MCKENZIE | 2666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18553651 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD | HOUSHMAND, HOOMAN | 2465 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18258868 | RAIL VEHICLE CAR HAVING A TANK | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18257344 | PROCESS FOR THE MODULAR MANUFACTURING OF A CAR BODY SHELL OF A RAIL VEHICLE, AND CAR BODY SHELL | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | 3615 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18251573 | AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | TEITELBAUM, DAVID J | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2023 |
| 18245922 | DISPLAYING A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF INFORMATION | MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 3669 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Mar 20, 2023 |
| 17783342 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA | GIRI, PURSOTTAM | 2186 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2022 |
| 17778881 | BATTERY RECEPTACLE FOR A RAIL VEHICLE | WYROUGH, PAUL CHRISTIAN ST | 1723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2022 |
| 17927653 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR SPEARATING EXCESS MATERIAL FROM AN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPONENT | TRAN, VI N | 2117 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Sep 08, 2025 |
| 19151165 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING AT LEAST ONE UNAUTHORISED ACCESS TO AT LEAST ONE SHARED RESOURCE BY AT LEAST ONE CONTAINER INSTANCE | ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR | 2496 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19136719 | System And Method For Finding Configuration Mappings In Monitoring Networks | NGUYEN, ANH | 2458 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19133604 | Driving Apparatus for SIC-MOSFET Device | RETEBO, METASEBIA T | 2836 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19098594 | AUTOMATIC COLLISION RECOVERY FOR MACHINES | PECHE, JORGE O | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19108897 | Arrangement And Method For Detecting A Current Of A First Conductor Of A Circuit | PATEL, PARESH H | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19108160 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING ONE OR MORE ACTIONS TO ENABLE CIRCULAR ECONOMY FRAMEWORK | BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE | 3624 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2025 |
| 19107727 | METHOD FOR POWER SYSTEM HAVING QUICK-SWITCH APPARATUS, AND APPARATUS | PHAM, DUC M | 2849 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19053663 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING A CURRENT IN A CONDUCTOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH AN APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A CURRENT IN A CONDUCTOR | SANGHERA, JAS A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19101144 | Method For Finding And Erasing Errors Within A Mapping Process | PATEL, KAMINI B | 2114 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19042062 | SWITCH HAVING AN ELECTRONIC TRIP UNIT | FAUBERT, SAMANTHA LYNETTE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18998689 | Establishment of a Wireless Data Connection | DWYER, MATTHEW JAMES | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18993179 | Creation of Environment Information | LYNCH, SHARON S | 2438 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18880782 | SMART MODULES FOR A TOP-MOUNTED PLATE COOLER OF A DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE | SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18879551 | Edge Computing Devices and Methods | BOUTAH, ALINA A | 2458 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18878236 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC MUTUAL INDUCTOR, AND ELECTRONIC MUTUAL INDUCTOR | NGUYEN, HOAI AN D | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18877172 | Optimization of Production Planning | MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M | 3625 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18877061 | CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY WITH TWO CIRCUIT CARRIERS AND A SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT | PAGHADAL, PARESH H | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18871896 | Computer-Implemented Method and System for Generating a Command Pipeline for Controlling a Technical Device | WOOD, WILLIAM H | 3992 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18871292 | EFFICIENT UPDATING OF SOFTWARE OF A MULTIPLICITY OF LOW-VOLTAGE ELEMENTS THAT ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE | MALIK, ZEERICK ASIM | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18961884 | METHOD, DEVICE, SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ASCERTAINMENT OF PROCESS-RELATED ENERGY CONSUMPTION INFORMATION FOR A PLURALITY OF AUTOMATED PROCESSES | PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18868995 | Information Management of Product Manufacture | HUSSEIN, ALAA WADIE | 3626 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18950802 | Method for Operating Control Software and Arrangement having a Computer System | SHEPPERD, ERIC W | 2492 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
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