Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Thor Tech Inc. has 7 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 7 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. PAIGE, TYLER D is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. With 7 pending office actions and 7 distinct examiners, each active matter is being reviewed by a different individual, which may result in different prosecution experiences for each application.
The 4 distinct art units indicate that the portfolio's subject matter is diverse enough to be categorized into multiple USPTO divisions. PAIGE, TYLER D, while being the busiest examiner, only handles 1 pending office action, reflecting the lack of concentration in the portfolio's current workload. Practitioners should be prepared to address the specific requirements of 4 distinct art units while managing the 7 pending office actions. This distribution suggests that the company's innovations in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems are being scrutinized from several different technical angles. The 7 distinct examiners will each apply their own interpretations to the 7 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (86%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAIGE, TYLER D | 1 | 91.0% | +8.6% |
| PAL, PRINCE | 1 | 70.8% | +16.5% |
| SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 1 | 51.5% | +12.1% |
| BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | 1 | 81.3% | +13.2% |
| LYJAK, LORI LYNN | 1 | 89.9% | +8.6% |
| HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | 1 | 61.4% | +22.4% |
| WILKENS, JANET MARIE | 1 | 72.5% | +12.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19246205 | RECREATIONAL VEHICLE COMPONENT WITH IMAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING | PAIGE, TYLER D | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18987632 | RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND VARIABLE WATER TANK | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 12d |
| 18989939 | TANK SYSTEM | PAL, PRINCE | — |
| 18987732 | POP-UP ROOF FOR A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | — |
| 18813981 | RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND POP-UP ROOF | LYJAK, LORI LYNN | — |
| 18814008 | RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND POP-UP ROOF | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | — |
| 18657041 | CABINETRY FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES | WILKENS, JANET MARIE | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18987632 | RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND VARIABLE WATER TANK | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 12d |
| 18989939 | TANK SYSTEM | PAL, PRINCE | — |
| 18987732 | POP-UP ROOF FOR A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | — |
| 18814008 | RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND POP-UP ROOF | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | — |
| 18657041 | CABINETRY FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES | WILKENS, JANET MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3735 | 2 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| 3637 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19246205 | RECREATIONAL VEHICLE COMPONENT WITH IMAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING | PAIGE, TYLER D | 3661 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 18989939 | TANK SYSTEM | PAL, PRINCE | 3735 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18987632 | RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND VARIABLE WATER TANK | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 3735 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18987732 | POP-UP ROOF FOR A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18813981 | RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND POP-UP ROOF | LYJAK, LORI LYNN | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18814008 | RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND POP-UP ROOF | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | 3636 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18657041 | CABINETRY FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES | WILKENS, JANET MARIE | 3637 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
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