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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio's current activity is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a highly targeted patenting effort. This singular focus means that prosecution outcomes are currently tied to a specific technical niche within the broader transportation field. Such concentration allows for a very specific legal strategy that addresses the technical standards of the assigned unit. Practitioners can prioritize resources to address the specific technical niche identified by this art unit assignment.
SADLON, JOSEPH is the busiest examiner, managing the 1 pending office action. With only 1 distinct examiner involved, the prosecution process is streamlined and centered on a single individual's review. Practitioners should analyze the specific examination history of this individual within the 1 distinct art unit to anticipate potential hurdles or favorable interpretations of the mechanical systems involved. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner, maintaining a consistent and clear line of communication is essential for resolving the 1 pending office action efficiently. This centralized approach ensures that all legal efforts are concentrated on the specific criteria established by the current examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SADLON, JOSEPH | 1 | 63.4% | +26.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18257174 | ANCHORING DEVICE AND PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | SADLON, JOSEPH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18257174 | ANCHORING DEVICE AND PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | SADLON, JOSEPH | 3635 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
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