Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
18 pending office actions • 7 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Chamberlain Group LLC currently has 18 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 18 pending office actions are being reviewed across 7 distinct art units. This indicates that the company's filings are spread across several different specialized groups within the patent office. The prosecution involves 11 distinct examiners.
NGUYEN, CHI Q is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 8 busiest examiner pending office actions. These 8 busiest examiner pending office actions are a significant portion of the 18 pending office actions total. The number of 11 distinct examiners is higher than the 7 distinct art units, suggesting that some art units have multiple examiners assigned to the company's cases.
Practitioners should observe that NGUYEN, CHI Q manages 8 busiest examiner pending office actions, while the other actions are handled by the remaining distinct examiners. The Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area is the primary field for these matters. With 18 pending office actions and 11 distinct examiners, the portfolio shows a distributed but focused prosecution strategy across 7 distinct art units.
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 only | 1 (6%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (17%) |
| §103 only | 2 (11%) |
| Double-patenting only | 8 (44%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (22%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, CHI Q | 8 | 82.4% | +12.4% |
| KING, CURTIS J | 1 | 68.0% | +29.8% |
| VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | 1 | 74.4% | +11.2% |
| PHAM, QUANG | 1 | 54.2% | +57.3% |
| TRAN, THANG DUC | 1 | 76.2% | +23.2% |
| MILLNER, MONICA E | 1 | 77.5% | +22.2% |
| PEARSON, AMANDA HYEONWOO | 1 | 67.6% | +32.4% |
| ORR, HENRY W | 1 | 50.5% | +37.3% |
| CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L | 1 | 81.5% | +15.4% |
| BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O | 1 | 63.0% | +23.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18923059 | System and Method for Implementing a Rules Optimizer at a Facility Associated with Freight | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18820587 | System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18820647 | System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18820602 | System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18820659 | System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18820565 | System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18820629 | System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18820665 | System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18383278 | Movable Barrier Operator With Ultra-Wideband Device | BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O | 40d |
| 19228262 | MOVABLE BARRIER OPERATOR AND TRANSMITTER PAIRING OVER A NETWORK | KING, CURTIS J | — |
| 19097060 | CLOUD-ENABLED VEHICLE AUTOSTART MONITORING | VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | — |
| 19007756 | SYSTEM INTERACTION WITH A MOVABLE BARRIER OPERATOR | PHAM, QUANG | — |
| 18914714 | LOADING DOCK VEHICLE SENSOR APPARATUS | MILLNER, MONICA E | — |
| 18758975 | FEED STITCHING AND CONSOLIDATED EVENT NOTIFICATION | ORR, HENRY W | — |
| 18507438 | System and Method for Movable Barrier Monitoring | CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L | — |
| 18082310 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING PRODUCT RETURNS | SENSENIG, SHAUN D | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18383278 | Movable Barrier Operator With Ultra-Wideband Device | BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O | 40d |
| 19228262 | MOVABLE BARRIER OPERATOR AND TRANSMITTER PAIRING OVER A NETWORK | KING, CURTIS J | — |
| 19097060 | CLOUD-ENABLED VEHICLE AUTOSTART MONITORING | VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | — |
| 19007756 | SYSTEM INTERACTION WITH A MOVABLE BARRIER OPERATOR | PHAM, QUANG | — |
| 18957950 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING MOVABLE BARRIER OPERATORS WITH UNPAIRED CONTROL DEVICES | TRAN, THANG DUC | — |
| 18923059 | System and Method for Implementing a Rules Optimizer at a Facility Associated with Freight | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18914714 | LOADING DOCK VEHICLE SENSOR APPARATUS | MILLNER, MONICA E | — |
| 18910386 | Training Image Classifiers Using Data Environments for Movable Barrier Operator Systems | PEARSON, AMANDA HYEONWOO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 8 |
| 2685 | 2 |
| 2686 | 1 |
| 2666 | 1 |
| 2172 | 1 |
| 2846 | 1 |
| 3629 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19228262 | MOVABLE BARRIER OPERATOR AND TRANSMITTER PAIRING OVER A NETWORK | KING, CURTIS J | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19097060 | CLOUD-ENABLED VEHICLE AUTOSTART MONITORING | VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19007756 | SYSTEM INTERACTION WITH A MOVABLE BARRIER OPERATOR | PHAM, QUANG | 2685 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18957950 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING MOVABLE BARRIER OPERATORS WITH UNPAIRED CONTROL DEVICES | TRAN, THANG DUC | 2686 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18923059 | System and Method for Implementing a Rules Optimizer at a Facility Associated with Freight | NGUYEN, CHI Q | 3635 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18914714 | LOADING DOCK VEHICLE SENSOR APPARATUS | MILLNER, MONICA E | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18910386 | Training Image Classifiers Using Data Environments for Movable Barrier Operator Systems | PEARSON, AMANDA HYEONWOO | 2666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18820587 | System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises | NGUYEN, CHI Q | 3635 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18820647 | System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises | NGUYEN, CHI Q | 3635 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18820602 | System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises | NGUYEN, CHI Q | 3635 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18820659 | System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises | NGUYEN, CHI Q | 3635 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18820565 | System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises | NGUYEN, CHI Q | 3635 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18820629 | System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises | NGUYEN, CHI Q | 3635 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18820665 | System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises | NGUYEN, CHI Q | 3635 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18758975 | FEED STITCHING AND CONSOLIDATED EVENT NOTIFICATION | ORR, HENRY W | 2172 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18507438 | System and Method for Movable Barrier Monitoring | CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L | 2846 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18383278 | Movable Barrier Operator With Ultra-Wideband Device | BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O | 2685 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18082310 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING PRODUCT RETURNS | SENSENIG, SHAUN D | 3629 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
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