Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
Suncast Technologies LLC has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 3 actions are handled by 3 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units. This distribution where each of the 3 pending actions is assigned to a different examiner and art unit shows a high degree of dispersion in the company's current prosecution activities. The diversity of art units implies that the company's innovations span several technical sub-sectors.
The busiest examiner, WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the 3 pending office actions are divided among 3 distinct examiners, no single examiner holds a majority of the workload. Furthermore, the 3 distinct art units indicate that each of the 3 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different technical group. Practitioners should prepare for 3 separate prosecution tracks, as each of the 3 pending office actions involves a unique examiner and a unique art unit within the USPTO. This decentralized structure requires a flexible approach to accommodate the varying preferences of multiple examiners across the 3 distinct art units.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | 1 | 77.6% | +26.5% |
| BARLOW, ADAM G | 1 | 70.9% | +19.6% |
| WILKENS, JANET MARIE | 1 | 72.5% | +12.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18964473 | MULTI-STREAM TRASH RECEPTACLE WITH CONFIGURABLE DOLLY PLATFORM | WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | — |
| 18342847 | BEVERAGE SERVICE STATION AND BAR | WILKENS, JANET MARIE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18964473 | MULTI-STREAM TRASH RECEPTACLE WITH CONFIGURABLE DOLLY PLATFORM | WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | — |
| 18368839 | STORAGE SHED | BARLOW, ADAM G | — |
| 18342847 | BEVERAGE SERVICE STATION AND BAR | WILKENS, JANET MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3613 | 1 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| 3637 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18964473 | MULTI-STREAM TRASH RECEPTACLE WITH CONFIGURABLE DOLLY PLATFORM | WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | 3613 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2024 |
| 18368839 | STORAGE SHED | BARLOW, ADAM G | 3633 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18342847 | BEVERAGE SERVICE STATION AND BAR | WILKENS, JANET MARIE | 3637 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
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