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
U.S. News & World Report, L.P. currently holds a company patent portfolio with 1 pending office action. This activity is focused in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner working within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a singular point of contact for the company's current patent matters at the USPTO.
VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the total number of pending actions is 1, VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM is the sole examiner currently reviewing the company's applications. This concentration allows the applicant to focus their prosecution strategy on a single individual's preferences and requirements.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit indicates that the pending work is contained within one specialized group at the USPTO. With only 1 pending office action, the administrative volume for this portfolio is currently low. Practitioners should monitor the progress of the 1 distinct examiner to understand the likely timeline for resolution and any specific technical hurdles.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRASAD, NANCY N | 1 | 21.3% | +18.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18771959 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEIGHTING, SCORING, AND RANKING ENTITIES WITH RESPECT TO SPECIALTIES | PRASAD, NANCY N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18771959 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEIGHTING, SCORING, AND RANKING ENTITIES WITH RESPECT TO SPECIALTIES | PRASAD, NANCY N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3624 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18771959 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEIGHTING, SCORING, AND RANKING ENTITIES WITH RESPECT TO SPECIALTIES | PRASAD, NANCY N | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialU.S. News & World Report, L.P. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nancy N Prasad has the most, with 1 of U.S. News & World Report, L.P.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
