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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Signifi Solutions Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Examiner RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending case. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's prosecution profile is extremely focused. This indicates that the current legal strategy is centered on a specific technological niche within the broader mechanical systems field.
Success for this pending action depends on addressing the specific requirements of this official. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's immediate patent outcomes depend entirely on the individual discretion of RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L. This lack of examiner diversity means the prosecution strategy must be precisely tailored to the specific requirements of the assigned art unit. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's research and development in this area is highly specialized. Practitioners should focus on establishing a clear dialogue with this examiner to advance the application.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L | 1 | 44.8% | +16.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18620615 | DISPENSING DEVICE | RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18620615 | DISPENSING DEVICE | RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3651 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18620615 | DISPENSING DEVICE | RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L | 3651 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
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