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
Skytech currently has 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single active matter is being processed by a single examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. Such a focused portfolio indicates a very specific point of engagement with the patent office at this time, requiring a highly targeted response strategy.
DEVINE, MOLLY K is the busiest examiner for the company, managing the active case. Because there is only a single active matter, this examiner is responsible for the entirety of the company's current prosecution activity. The alignment of the case with a single art unit suggests a narrow technological focus for the pending application, which may simplify the internal coordination required for the response.
For practitioners, the presence of the active matter under DEVINE, MOLLY K means that the current prosecution strategy is entirely centered on this specific interaction. The data shows no other distinct examiners or art units involved in Skytech's pending matters within Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. This concentration allows for a deep focus on the specific requirements and preferences of the assigned examiner.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVINE, MOLLY K | 1 | 67.6% | +31.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19105277 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING A MIXTURE OF GRANULES VIA THE TRIBOELECTRIC EFFECT | DEVINE, MOLLY 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19105277 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING A MIXTURE OF GRANULES VIA THE TRIBOELECTRIC EFFECT | DEVINE, MOLLY K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19105277 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING A MIXTURE OF GRANULES VIA THE TRIBOELECTRIC EFFECT | DEVINE, MOLLY K | 3653 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
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