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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
U-SHIN LTD. maintains a patent portfolio with 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, which ensures that multiple individuals are reviewing the company's applications. This distribution suggests that the current workload is not concentrated under a single examiner.
The portfolio's activity spans 2 distinct art units. This indicates that while the technology area is Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems, the specific technical focus is split across different administrative divisions at the USPTO. WILLIAMS, MARK A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action.
Because the 3 pending office actions are spread across 2 distinct art units, the prosecution strategy must account for different internal standards. The presence of 3 distinct examiners means that the company is receiving feedback from multiple perspectives. This variety in examiners can lead to different prosecution timelines for each active application within the portfolio.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, MARK A | 1 | 77.8% | +13.2% |
| ADAMS, PHILIP CHARLES | 1 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
| WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | 1 | 23.8% | +94.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18691564 | LID OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE | WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18918839 | DOOR HANDLE DEVICE | WILLIAMS, MARK A | — |
| 18691564 | LID OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE | WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18918839 | DOOR HANDLE DEVICE | WILLIAMS, MARK A | 3675 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18842439 | LID OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE | ADAMS, PHILIP CHARLES | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18691564 | LID OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE | WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | 3667 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
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