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 • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sundance Spas, Inc. manages a company patent portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio currently has 2 pending office actions, which are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners. This indicates that each pending matter is being handled by a different individual, providing separate examiner perspectives.
Both pending office actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a concentrated technical focus within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. KIRK, BRYAN J is identified as the busiest examiner, although he is only responsible for 1 pending office action. This means the workload of 2 pending office actions is evenly split between the distinct examiners.
Practitioners should note that while the pending office actions are with different examiners, they both follow the standards of the same 1 distinct art unit. This allows for a consistent technical strategy across the portfolio. However, the company must still address the individual feedback from different people, including KIRK, BRYAN J, to resolve the pending office actions.
The busiest examiner pending count of 1 indicates that no single examiner is overwhelmed by the company's applications. Reviewing the history of both examiners within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems space can help anticipate potential hurdles. Monitoring the status of both pending office actions is vital for timely adjustments to the broader intellectual property strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIRK, BRYAN J | 1 | 33.6% | +43.7% |
| BAKER, LORI LYNN | 1 | 78.5% | +6.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18506531 | HYBRID SPA | BAKER, LORI LYNN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18607126 | REMOTE SPA CONTROL SYSTEM | KIRK, BRYAN J | 18d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3628 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18607126 | REMOTE SPA CONTROL SYSTEM | KIRK, BRYAN J | 3628 | §103 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18506531 | HYBRID SPA | BAKER, LORI LYNN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
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