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
Tac-Fast Systems SA manages a patent portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. There is currently 1 pending office action, which is being handled by 1 distinct examiner. This single action represents the full extent of the company's active prosecution, indicating a highly concentrated or early-stage filing strategy.
The examination is occurring within 1 distinct art unit. DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since the busiest examiner pending count is 1, this examiner is responsible for the only active matter in the portfolio. Their individual interpretation of the mechanical and transportation arts will be the primary factor in the outcome of the application.
For a practitioner, the concentration of 1 pending office action under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit means that the prosecution strategy must be very specific. There are no other active cases to provide broader context or alternative paths for the portfolio. Success depends on understanding the specific tendencies of this one examiner and the prior art typically cited within their art unit in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A | 1 | 73.9% | +22.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18721089 | Hard Surface Connection System, Method and Product | DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A | 83d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18721089 | Hard Surface Connection System, Method and Product | DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A | 83d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18721089 | Hard Surface Connection System, Method and Product | DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A | 3635 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
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