Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
TomTom Navigation B.V. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single matter is being handled by a distinct examiner within a single art unit. The examiner assigned to this case is DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN, who is responsible for the pending workload. This represents a highly focused and singular prosecution point for the company's current activity in this technology area.
Because there is only the 1 pending office action, the entire portfolio's immediate progress depends on the interaction with examiner DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN. The placement of this matter in the identified art unit means that prosecution is subject to the specific standards and practices of that administrative group. Practitioners managing this matter should focus entirely on the historical trends and preferences of both the individual examiner and the specific art unit involved, as there are no other pending matters to provide broader context or alternative prosecution paths. This singular focus requires a deep understanding of the specific examiner's past decisions.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN | 1 | 64.3% | +45.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19343651 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREFETCHING ONLINE MAP DATA DURING A DRIVE OF A VEHICLE | DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19343651 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREFETCHING ONLINE MAP DATA DURING A DRIVE OF A VEHICLE | DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3669 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19343651 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREFETCHING ONLINE MAP DATA DURING A DRIVE OF A VEHICLE | DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN | 3669 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
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