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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Thomas J. Shaw has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These are distributed among 2 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit. This distribution shows that each of the 2 pending office actions is being handled by a different individual, which can lead to varied prosecution experiences. For practitioners, the involvement of 1 distinct art unit means that the company's technology is being evaluated under a single set of technical standards.
EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. While EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH is the busiest, they only handle 1 of the 2 pending office actions. The presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems innovations are grouped into a specific technical cluster. Practitioners should look for patterns within this 1 distinct art unit to streamline prosecution, even though they will be interacting with 2 distinct examiners. The outcome for each case will depend on the specific interaction with each of the 2 distinct examiners, including EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH | 1 | 17.2% | +39.1% |
| FLICK, JASON E | 1 | 80.6% | +13.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19271209 | System and Method to Determine Parameters for a Medical Injection | EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH | — |
| 18427266 | Universal Dosage Verification System and Method for Medical Syringe | FLICK, JASON E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19271209 | System and Method to Determine Parameters for a Medical Injection | EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH | — |
| 18427266 | Universal Dosage Verification System and Method for Medical Syringe | FLICK, JASON E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3687 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19271209 | System and Method to Determine Parameters for a Medical Injection | EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH | 3687 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 18427266 | Universal Dosage Verification System and Method for Medical Syringe | FLICK, JASON E | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
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