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
Sutherland Global Services, Inc. is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This level of activity indicates a focused effort on a specific commercial or mechanical innovation. By focusing on 1 pending office action, the applicant can ensure a highly tailored response to the USPTO's findings in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, which provides a streamlined path through the patent office. This concentration under 1 distinct examiner means that the applicant only needs to address the specific legal and technical interpretations of a particular individual. The use of 1 distinct art unit further suggests that the invention is categorized within a stable and well-defined technical field.
PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending action currently under review. Since PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT is the examiner for the company's active matters, the outcome of this 1 busiest examiner pending action is the primary factor in the portfolio's current progress. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination patterns of PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT to effectively navigate the 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT | 1 | 15.3% | +13.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18058905 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING POWERED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE PLATFORM | PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT | 31d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18058905 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING POWERED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE PLATFORM | PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT | 31d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3629 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18058905 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING POWERED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE PLATFORM | PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT | 3629 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
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