Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Troutwood, LLC operates a company patent portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio currently has 3 pending office actions. These actions are handled by 3 distinct examiners, which indicates that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution suggests that the company's legal strategy is not reliant on a single examiner's interpretation of the claims.
The prosecution activity is situated within 2 distinct art units. CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This action is part of the 3 pending office actions for the portfolio. Because the company is dealing with 2 distinct art units, the prosecution strategy must remain flexible to accommodate the varying requirements of different technical divisions. The data shows that no examiner is managing more than 1 action, as the busiest examiner is only responsible for 1 pending matter.
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 (33%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA | 1 | 9.8% | +13.8% |
| POE, KEVIN T | 1 | 39.4% | +16.4% |
| PUTTAIAH, ASHA | 1 | 21.2% | +21.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17746499 | System and Process For Developing Positive Behavioral Wellness Using A Virtual Trustee | CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA | 17d overdue |
| 17368124 | Method and System For Displaying Investment Returns | POE, KEVIN T | — |
| 17224062 | System and Method For Simulating Financial Growth Over a Period of Time | PUTTAIAH, ASHA | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17746499 | System and Process For Developing Positive Behavioral Wellness Using A Virtual Trustee | CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA | 17d overdue |
| 17368124 | Method and System For Displaying Investment Returns | POE, KEVIN T | — |
| 17224062 | System and Method For Simulating Financial Growth Over a Period of Time | PUTTAIAH, ASHA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3692 | 2 |
| 3691 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17746499 | System and Process For Developing Positive Behavioral Wellness Using A Virtual Trustee | CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA | 3692 | §101 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | May 17, 2022 |
| 17368124 | Method and System For Displaying Investment Returns | POE, KEVIN T | 3692 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2021 |
| 17224062 | System and Method For Simulating Financial Growth Over a Period of Time | PUTTAIAH, ASHA | 3691 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 06, 2021 |
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