Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
26 pending office actions • 9 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ts Tech Co., Ltd. maintains 24 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 20 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units. NELSON JR, MILTON is the busiest examiner in the portfolio, currently overseeing 2 pending cases. This distribution suggests that the company's intellectual property strategy involves a wide range of mechanical and systems-based innovations.
The count of 20 distinct examiners relative to 24 pending office actions implies that practitioners must manage a variety of examiner-specific preferences and negotiation styles. With only 2 pending cases assigned to the busiest examiner, there is very little concentration of workload under any single individual. This lack of concentration means that insights gained from one examiner are unlikely to apply to the majority of the other pending matters. Practitioners must therefore prepare for a decentralized prosecution process.
The presence of 9 distinct art units further indicates that the portfolio covers a significant breadth of technical subject matter within the USPTO classification system. Navigating 9 different art units requires familiarity with various internal policies and examination trends. Because the busiest examiner, NELSON JR, MILTON, only handles 2 of the 24 actions, the overall success of the portfolio depends on achieving favorable outcomes across a group of mostly independent examiners within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 6 (23%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| §112 only | 3 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 14 (54%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (4%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | 3 | 82.5% | +17.8% |
| NELSON JR, MILTON | 2 | 84.6% | +5.7% |
| BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | 2 | 80.1% | +13.9% |
| KIM, SHIN H | 2 | 64.4% | +11.5% |
| CONDO, VERONICA MARIE | 2 | 82.0% | +6.9% |
| CHEN, JOSE V | 1 | 78.0% | +15.1% |
| BRADFORD, JONATHAN | 1 | 76.1% | +21.3% |
| BEMKO, TARAS P | 1 | 84.4% | +19.3% |
| GABLER, PHILIP F | 1 | 72.9% | +23.4% |
| BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | 1 | 81.8% | +7.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19196467 | SENSOR DISPOSITION STRUCTURE IN SEAT | NELSON JR, MILTON | — |
| 19098745 | SEAT | BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | — |
| 19111923 | CONVEYANCE SKIN MATERIAL AND CONVEYANCE SEAT | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — |
| 18952478 | VEHICLE SEAT | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | — |
| 18950332 | SEAT FRAME FOR VEHICLE SEAT | NELSON JR, MILTON | — |
| 18847120 | SEAT MOUNTING STRUCTURE | CONDO, VERONICA MARIE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18304484 | VEHICLE DOOR, VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | CONDO, VERONICA MARIE | 163d overdue |
| 18697660 | CONVEYANCE SEAT | FILOSI, TERRI L | 141d overdue |
| 18730166 | VEHICLE SEAT SYSTEM | CHEN, JOSE V | — |
| 19109960 | SEAT FOR SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE | BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | — |
| 19101798 | VEHICLE SEAT | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — |
| 18879944 | CONVEYANCE ASSEMBLY | BRADFORD, JONATHAN | — |
| 18697345 | VEHICLE | BEMKO, TARAS P | — |
| 18715283 | CONVEYANCE SEAT | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19098745 | SEAT | BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | — |
| 19111923 | CONVEYANCE SKIN MATERIAL AND CONVEYANCE SEAT | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — |
| 18730166 | VEHICLE SEAT SYSTEM | CHEN, JOSE V | — |
| 19109960 | SEAT FOR SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE | BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | — |
| 19106848 | HEADREST | KIM, SHIN H | — |
| 19101798 | VEHICLE SEAT | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — |
| 18879944 | CONVEYANCE ASSEMBLY | BRADFORD, JONATHAN | — |
| 18697345 | VEHICLE | BEMKO, TARAS P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3636 | 4 |
| 3612 | 3 |
| 3631 | 1 |
| 3647 | 1 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| 3644 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19196467 | SENSOR DISPOSITION STRUCTURE IN SEAT | NELSON JR, MILTON | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19098745 | SEAT | BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19111923 | CONVEYANCE SKIN MATERIAL AND CONVEYANCE SEAT | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 18730166 | VEHICLE SEAT SYSTEM | CHEN, JOSE V | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19109960 | SEAT FOR SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE | BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | 3636 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19106848 | HEADREST | KIM, SHIN H | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19101798 | VEHICLE SEAT | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | 3636 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 18879944 | CONVEYANCE ASSEMBLY | BRADFORD, JONATHAN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18697345 | VEHICLE | BEMKO, TARAS P | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18715283 | CONVEYANCE SEAT | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18953981 | Vehicle Seat | GABLER, PHILIP F | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18952478 | VEHICLE SEAT | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18951372 | SEAT RAIL ASSEMBLY | MORRIS, TAYLOR L | 3631 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18950332 | SEAT FRAME FOR VEHICLE SEAT | NELSON JR, MILTON | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18949436 | Electrically Powered Slide Rail and Vehicle Seat Provided with Electrically Powered Slide Rail | LYJAK, LORI LYNN | 3612 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18866167 | CONVEYANCE SEAT | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | 3636 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18865279 | CONVEYANCE SEAT | ALEKSIC, NEVENA | 3647 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18926464 | SEAT SYSTEM WITH SENSOR AND USER INTERFACE | BURGDORF, STEPHEN R | 2685 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18695707 | VEHICLE SEAT | KIM, SHIN H | 3636 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18849806 | VEHICLE | DANIELS, JASON S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18847120 | SEAT MOUNTING STRUCTURE | CONDO, VERONICA MARIE | 3612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18808824 | VEHICLE SEAT | KHALED, ABDALLA A | 3667 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18723760 | Vehicle Seat | SMITH, NKEISHA | 3632 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18697660 | CONVEYANCE SEAT | FILOSI, TERRI L | 3644 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 141d overdue | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18444213 | VEHICLE SEAT | VO, TU A | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18304484 | VEHICLE DOOR, VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | CONDO, VERONICA MARIE | 3612 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 163d overdue | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
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