Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Thumbtack Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and are located in 2 distinct art units. CAIADO, ANTONIO J is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action.
The company's 2 pending office actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is reviewing one application. This distribution across 2 distinct art units indicates that the Computing & Software filings fall into different technical classifications within the patent office. CAIADO, ANTONIO J is one of the 2 distinct examiners responsible for the current workload.
With 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the company must manage two separate prosecution tracks simultaneously. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the subject matter is diverse enough to be handled by different specialized groups. Each of the 2 pending office actions represents a unique interaction with the patent office, as no examiner or art unit is currently handling more than one matter for the company.
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 (50%) |
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAIADO, ANTONIO J | 1 | 68.7% | +50.6% |
| O'SHEA, BRENDAN S | 1 | 30.7% | +38.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19095915 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR SYNTACTIC SEMANTIC SEARCHING | CAIADO, ANTONIO J | 59d overdue |
| 17746749 | VERIFIABLE PROPERTY RECORD USING A DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC LEDGER | O'SHEA, BRENDAN S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19095915 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR SYNTACTIC SEMANTIC SEARCHING | CAIADO, ANTONIO J | 59d overdue |
| 17746749 | VERIFIABLE PROPERTY RECORD USING A DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC LEDGER | O'SHEA, BRENDAN S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2164 | 1 |
| 3626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19095915 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR SYNTACTIC SEMANTIC SEARCHING | CAIADO, ANTONIO J | 2164 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 17746749 | VERIFIABLE PROPERTY RECORD USING A DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC LEDGER | O'SHEA, BRENDAN S | 3626 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2022 |
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