Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Simpler Postage Inc. currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, indicating that some examiners are reviewing multiple applications. The prosecution is organized across 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the company's filings in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector are grouped into a single technical category.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH, who is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This represents the highest concentration of workload for any single examiner, accounting for two-thirds of the 3 pending office actions. The remaining 1 action is handled by the other of the 2 distinct examiners, requiring the company to maintain simultaneous dialogues with the patent office.
The use of 1 distinct art unit for 3 pending office actions indicates a high degree of technical focus within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. However, with 2 distinct examiners involved, the company must still account for different examination styles. The presence of 2 busiest examiner pending office actions under CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH provides a point of consolidation in an otherwise distributed prosecution landscape.
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 only | 1 (33%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH | 2 | 49.2% | +35.6% |
| WALSH, EMMETT K | 1 | 52.7% | +20.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19018834 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING DELIVERY ESTIMATES | CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH | 49d overdue |
| 18904528 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT SHIPPING AUTOMATION | CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH | — |
| 18628360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TRANSIT PREDICTION MODEL | WALSH, EMMETT K | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19018834 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING DELIVERY ESTIMATES | CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH | 49d overdue |
| 18904528 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT SHIPPING AUTOMATION | CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH | — |
| 18628360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TRANSIT PREDICTION MODEL | WALSH, EMMETT K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3628 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19018834 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING DELIVERY ESTIMATES | CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH | 3628 | §101§102§103DP | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18904528 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT SHIPPING AUTOMATION | CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH | 3628 | §101§102§103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18628360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TRANSIT PREDICTION MODEL | WALSH, EMMETT K | 3628 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
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