Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tekion Corp. currently has 1 pending office action within the Computing & Software technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which indicates a focused state of prosecution for the company's active applications. The portfolio is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, meaning the company is only dealing with one set of divisional standards at the USPTO.
The busiest examiner for Tekion Corp. is SMITH, KEVIN LEE, who is responsible for the 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's immediate legal strategy is centered on the feedback from this single official. This allows the practitioner to focus on the specific technical nuances of the Computing & Software field as interpreted by SMITH, KEVIN LEE.
The presence of 1 pending office action suggests a manageable level of active prosecution. Since the company is only working within 1 distinct art unit, there is no risk of receiving conflicting guidance from different USPTO branches. This streamlined environment allows for a clear and direct response to the 1 pending office action, facilitating a more efficient path toward potential patent issuance.
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 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, KEVIN LEE | 1 | 36.9% | +20.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17222981 | MACHINE-LEARNED VALIDATION FRAMEWORK | SMITH, KEVIN LEE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17222981 | MACHINE-LEARNED VALIDATION FRAMEWORK | SMITH, KEVIN LEE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2122 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17222981 | MACHINE-LEARNED VALIDATION FRAMEWORK | SMITH, KEVIN LEE | 2122 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2021 |
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