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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Squaremind currently has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, yet they both fall within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the individual reviewers vary, the supervisory environment and departmental policies remain consistent across the pending portfolio. The concentration within 1 distinct art unit provides a unified administrative framework for the 2 pending office actions.
The busiest examiner, CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD, is responsible for 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners each handling 1 of the 2 pending office actions, the workload is evenly distributed. This lack of examiner concentration means that the company must navigate 2 different individual perspectives, even though they are both housed within the same 1 distinct art unit. For practitioners, this situation highlights the importance of understanding the specific art unit's guidelines, as it is the common thread for both 2 pending office actions. The strategy must balance individual examiner preferences with the overarching standards of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD | 1 | 83.3% | +20.8% |
| PATTON, SPENCER D | 1 | 74.1% | +21.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18635661 | ROBOT DEVICE FOR GUIDING A ROBOTIC ARM | PATTON, SPENCER D | 121d overdue |
| 18873604 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A DIFFERENTIAL MARKER ON A REPRESENTATION OF A PORTION OF THE HUMAN BODY | CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18635661 | ROBOT DEVICE FOR GUIDING A ROBOTIC ARM | PATTON, SPENCER D | 121d overdue |
| 18873604 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A DIFFERENTIAL MARKER ON A REPRESENTATION OF A PORTION OF THE HUMAN BODY | CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3656 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18873604 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A DIFFERENTIAL MARKER ON A REPRESENTATION OF A PORTION OF THE HUMAN BODY | CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18635661 | ROBOT DEVICE FOR GUIDING A ROBOTIC ARM | PATTON, SPENCER D | 3656 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 121d overdue | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
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