Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Socialgood Inc. has 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. STEVEN R CHISM is the busiest examiner for the company, responsible for the 1 pending office action. This single pending office action represents the entirety of the company's current active prosecution. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the prosecution process is straightforward and centralized.
Success in this matter depends on addressing the specific concerns raised by STEVEN R CHISM regarding the 1 pending office action. The presence of 1 distinct art unit ensures that the technical evaluation remains within a specific administrative framework. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the busiest examiner to resolve the pending case in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. The focused nature of this prosecution allows for a deep dive into the specific preferences of the 1 official involved. Every detail in the 1 distinct art unit is critical to the company's success.
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 + other | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHISM, STEVEN R | 1 | 30.8% | +42.3% |
| JIMENEZ, JUSTIN ABEL | 1 | 20.0% | +88.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18871951 | Information Processing Method, Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium, and Information Processing Apparatus | JIMENEZ, JUSTIN ABEL | 12d |
| 18876445 | Information Processing Method, Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium and Information Processing Apparatus | CHISM, STEVEN R | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18871951 | Information Processing Method, Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium, and Information Processing Apparatus | JIMENEZ, JUSTIN ABEL | 12d |
| 18876445 | Information Processing Method, Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium and Information Processing Apparatus | CHISM, STEVEN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3689 | 1 |
| 3697 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18876445 | Information Processing Method, Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium and Information Processing Apparatus | CHISM, STEVEN R | 3689 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18871951 | Information Processing Method, Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium, and Information Processing Apparatus | JIMENEZ, JUSTIN ABEL | 3697 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
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