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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tinder LLC currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, indicating that each pending matter is under the review of a different individual. The presence of 2 distinct art units shows that the company's applications are being processed in different specialized divisions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is DETWEILER, JAMES M, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 action is one of the 2 pending office actions total for the company. Because the workload involves 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the company must navigate different examination styles and departmental requirements. Coordinating the responses for the 2 pending office actions across these 2 distinct art units is essential for a consistent prosecution strategy in this technology area.
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 + other | 1 (50%) |
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETWEILER, JAMES M | 1 | 38.8% | +43.5% |
| LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 1 | 88.5% | +5.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18847058 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18903549 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK | DETWEILER, JAMES M | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18903549 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK | DETWEILER, JAMES M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3621 | 1 |
| 2161 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18903549 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK | DETWEILER, JAMES M | 3621 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18847058 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 2161 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
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