Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tien Hsin Industries Co., Ltd. is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Both of these actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, FERGUSON, TYLER RAY, who is the busiest examiner with 2 busiest examiner pending actions. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentrated technical focus. This concentration allows for a consistent approach to the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems portfolio.
Because all 2 pending office actions are being handled by 1 distinct examiner, the company's prosecution strategy is highly centralized. This means that FERGUSON, TYLER RAY is the sole official reviewing the current filings, and the outcome of the 2 pending office actions depends entirely on this individual's interpretation. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit further simplifies the process by ensuring that all activity is evaluated under the same departmental standards. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the assigned examiner to resolve the current workload.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, TYLER RAY | 2 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18235353 | HEADSET OF BICYCLE | FERGUSON, TYLER RAY | 36d overdue |
| 18465944 | BICYCLE HANDLEBAR SYSTEM WITH CABLE ROUTING PATHWAY | FERGUSON, TYLER RAY | 6d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3611 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18465944 | BICYCLE HANDLEBAR SYSTEM WITH CABLE ROUTING PATHWAY | FERGUSON, TYLER RAY | 3611 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18235353 | HEADSET OF BICYCLE | FERGUSON, TYLER RAY | 3611 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
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