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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tech M3 Inc. is active in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The company currently has 2 pending office actions in its portfolio. These 2 pending office actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, with each examiner managing 1 case. The prosecution is focused within 1 distinct art unit. PAMELA RODRIGUEZ is the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing 1 pending office action. This examiner is responsible for 1 of the 2 pending office actions currently active for Tech M3 Inc.
The use of 1 distinct art unit for 2 pending office actions indicates a specific technological scope for the company's current patent filings. This concentration within 1 distinct art unit may lead to consistent examination results, as the examiners likely follow similar internal guidelines. With PAMELA RODRIGUEZ and the other distinct examiner each handling 1 pending office action, the workload is divided. For practitioners, this suggests that the portfolio's success in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area is tied to a specific examination group.
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 (50%) |
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA | 1 | 87.8% | +10.6% |
| BURCH, MELODY M | 1 | 64.3% | +26.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18901003 | Wear Resistant Braking Systems | RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18901003 | Wear Resistant Braking Systems | RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA | — |
| 17181670 | WEAR RESISTANT COATING FOR BRAKE DISKS WITH UNIQUE SURFACE APPEARANCE AND METHODS FOR COATING | BURCH, MELODY M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3616 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18901003 | Wear Resistant Braking Systems | RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA | 3616 | §101DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 17181670 | WEAR RESISTANT COATING FOR BRAKE DISKS WITH UNIQUE SURFACE APPEARANCE AND METHODS FOR COATING | BURCH, MELODY M | 3616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2021 |
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