Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sofec Inc. is managing 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 pending office actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, meaning each professional is handling a specific case. Although there are separate examiners involved, the prosecution is limited to 1 distinct art unit.
EVAN P DZIERZYNSKI is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending action currently assigned. The concentration of applications within a single art unit suggests that the subject matter is technically similar despite being reviewed by different examiners. This structure allows for a comparison of examiner approaches within the same art unit for the company's Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems applications. The involvement of multiple examiners provides a breadth of review for the current portfolio, ensuring that different perspectives are applied to the matters within the single art unit.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DZIERZYNSKI, EVAN P | 1 | 77.5% | +12.2% |
| MCMAHON, MATTHEW R | 1 | 57.2% | +53.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18971043 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR MOORING A VESSEL AND TRANSFERRING ENERGY TO OR FROM A VESSEL | DZIERZYNSKI, EVAN P | — |
| 18617260 | SWIVEL CONNECTORS FOR U-JOINTS AND PROCESSES FOR USING SAME | MCMAHON, MATTHEW 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18971043 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR MOORING A VESSEL AND TRANSFERRING ENERGY TO OR FROM A VESSEL | DZIERZYNSKI, EVAN P | — |
| 18617260 | SWIVEL CONNECTORS FOR U-JOINTS AND PROCESSES FOR USING SAME | MCMAHON, MATTHEW R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3678 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18971043 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR MOORING A VESSEL AND TRANSFERRING ENERGY TO OR FROM A VESSEL | DZIERZYNSKI, EVAN P | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18617260 | SWIVEL CONNECTORS FOR U-JOINTS AND PROCESSES FOR USING SAME | MCMAHON, MATTHEW R | 3678 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
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