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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Underground Magnetics, Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners but are both located within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the technical classification is consistent, the company must address the viewpoints of 2 different individuals. The concentration in 1 art unit implies a focused technical scope for the pending applications within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
The busiest examiner is ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S, who holds 1 pending office action. With 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for exactly 1 of the pending matters. Practitioners should look for commonalities in how the 1 distinct art unit handles similar technology while preparing for the individual nuances of the 2 assigned examiners. This environment allows for some centralized knowledge of art unit practices while requiring individualized examiner strategies. Successful engagement with the single art unit may help in coordinating the prosecution of both pending matters.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S | 1 | 88.5% | +11.7% |
| WRIGHT, GIOVANNA COLLINS | 1 | 85.9% | +9.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18894334 | PILOT BORE PROFILE LOGGER | WRIGHT, GIOVANNA COLLINS | 22d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19237878 | HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING SYSTEMS WITH SATELLITE NAVIGATION CORRECTION FOR DATA LOGGING | ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19237878 | HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING SYSTEMS WITH SATELLITE NAVIGATION CORRECTION FOR DATA LOGGING | ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3672 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19237878 | HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING SYSTEMS WITH SATELLITE NAVIGATION CORRECTION FOR DATA LOGGING | ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 18894334 | PILOT BORE PROFILE LOGGER | WRIGHT, GIOVANNA COLLINS | 3672 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
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