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
Spindle LLC currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner. The matter is situated within a single art unit, reflecting a singular focus for the company's current patent prosecution efforts in this field. Having only a single pending office action suggests a highly targeted approach to intellectual property protection at this stage.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is BUTCHER, CAROLINE N, who is managing the pending office action. This creates a highly specific prosecution environment where the outcome depends on the review of the distinct examiner within a single art unit. Strategy for this portfolio should be tailored to the specific examination patterns of BUTCHER, CAROLINE N, as this individual is the sole official for the company's current pending application. The Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems classification indicates that the filing likely involves complex mechanical or business method elements.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | 1 | 81.3% | +13.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19028925 | Systems And Methods For Monitoring And Controlling Tank Pressure And Related Componentry | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | 52d 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19028925 | Systems And Methods For Monitoring And Controlling Tank Pressure And Related Componentry | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | 52d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3676 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19028925 | Systems And Methods For Monitoring And Controlling Tank Pressure And Related Componentry | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | 3676 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 52d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
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