Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Skyscanner Limited has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. SWARTZ, STEPHEN S is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, responsible for 2 pending office actions. This distribution shows that while the workload is small, it is concentrated under a primary examiner who handles the majority of the active cases.
The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's patent interests span multiple technical sub-categories within its primary technology area. Because SWARTZ, STEPHEN S manages 2 of the 3 pending office actions, his specific examination style will have a significant impact on the overall success rate of the current portfolio. Practitioners should note that having multiple cases with one examiner allows for potential efficiencies in communication and negotiation. However, the remaining case under a different examiner requires a separate tactical approach to account for different examination standards across the 2 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWARTZ, STEPHEN S | 2 | 31.6% | +25.9% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18327393 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING FARE AVAILABILITIES, SUCH AS AIRFARE AVAILABILITIES | SWARTZ, STEPHEN S | 93d overdue |
| 17222216 | METHODS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS WHICH RELATE TO TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS | WALSH, EMMETT K | 79d overdue |
| 17340497 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING A SET OF PRICE ESTIMATES, SUCH AS AIR FARE PRICE ESTIMATES | SWARTZ, STEPHEN S | 36d 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18327393 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING FARE AVAILABILITIES, SUCH AS AIRFARE AVAILABILITIES | SWARTZ, STEPHEN S | 93d overdue |
| 17222216 | METHODS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS WHICH RELATE TO TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS | WALSH, EMMETT K | 79d overdue |
| 17340497 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING A SET OF PRICE ESTIMATES, SUCH AS AIR FARE PRICE ESTIMATES | SWARTZ, STEPHEN S | 36d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3625 | 2 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18327393 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING FARE AVAILABILITIES, SUCH AS AIRFARE AVAILABILITIES | SWARTZ, STEPHEN S | 3625 | §101Other | Final Rejection | 93d overdue | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
| 17340497 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING A SET OF PRICE ESTIMATES, SUCH AS AIR FARE PRICE ESTIMATES | SWARTZ, STEPHEN S | 3625 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Jun 07, 2021 |
| 17222216 | METHODS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS WHICH RELATE TO TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS | WALSH, EMMETT K | 3628 | §101 | Final Rejection | 79d overdue | Pending | Apr 05, 2021 |
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