Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Spinergy Inc. is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Both of these actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which indicates a consolidation of the current workload. All activity is contained within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a consistent technical focus for the company's intellectual property. The presence of 1 distinct art unit simplifies the administrative oversight required for these filings.
KOTTER, KIP T is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, as he is responsible for 2 pending office actions. This means that 1 individual at the USPTO has oversight of the company's current pending workload. For practitioners, this provides an opportunity to build a consistent negotiation history with one examiner. Since 1 distinct examiner is handling both of the 2 pending office actions, the company can apply successful arguments from one case to the other.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOTTER, KIP T | 3 | 67.9% | +21.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16915815 | Lightweight Wheel with High Strength Flexible Spokes | KOTTER, KIP T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19012758 | Wheel With Flexible Wide-Body Spokes | KOTTER, KIP T | — |
| 18588485 | Wheel With High Strength Flexible Spokes | KOTTER, KIP T | — |
| 16915815 | Lightweight Wheel with High Strength Flexible Spokes | KOTTER, KIP T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19012758 | Wheel With Flexible Wide-Body Spokes | KOTTER, KIP T | 3615 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18588485 | Wheel With High Strength Flexible Spokes | KOTTER, KIP T | 3615 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 16915815 | Lightweight Wheel with High Strength Flexible Spokes | KOTTER, KIP T | 3615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2020 |
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