Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tractable Ltd currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit. SMITH, BRIAN M is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending action.
This indicates that the 2 pending office actions are divided equally between the examiners. The concentration of both actions within 1 distinct art unit provides a consistent procedural environment for the company's prosecution efforts. Practitioners can focus on the specific standards of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area while addressing the individual requirements of the examiners. The involvement of only 1 distinct art unit simplifies the technical oversight of the pending office actions. This structure allows for a comparison of how the 2 distinct examiners interpret the same art unit guidelines. The alignment of the workload across multiple examiners ensures that the prosecution of the 2 pending office actions is not dependent on a single individual. This arrangement provides a balanced approach to the company's current patent activity.
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%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, BRIAN M | 1 | 52.5% | +36.9% |
| ROSEN, ELIZABETH H | 1 | 45.7% | +49.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18303023 | Remote Real Property Inspection | ROSEN, ELIZABETH H | 34d |
| 18658748 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC LABELLING OF DATASETS | SMITH, BRIAN 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18303023 | Remote Real Property Inspection | ROSEN, ELIZABETH H | 34d |
| 18658748 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC LABELLING OF DATASETS | SMITH, BRIAN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3693 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18658748 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC LABELLING OF DATASETS | SMITH, BRIAN M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18303023 | Remote Real Property Inspection | ROSEN, ELIZABETH H | 3693 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
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