Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
UNEFI INC. currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 3 distinct art units, suggesting that each matter involves a different technical sub-specialty. Furthermore, the portfolio involves 3 distinct examiners, meaning no two pending office actions are being reviewed by the same person. This lack of concentration across 3 distinct art units and 3 distinct examiners indicates that UNEFI INC. must navigate diverse examination styles.
The busiest examiner for the company is XIE, THEODORE L, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because there are 3 pending office actions in total, the workload is distributed with each examiner handling 1 case. This structure requires the company to manage 3 separate examiner relationships simultaneously within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area. Practitioners should note that each of the 3 pending office actions is being evaluated in a unique art unit environment.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| XIE, THEODORE L | 1 | 41.7% | +100.0% |
| BAGGOT, BREFFNI | 1 | 35.3% | +25.8% |
| FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | 1 | 25.4% | +24.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18556605 | Validating Elements Displayed on a Display Fixture | BAGGOT, BREFFNI | 28d |
| 18687250 | SCREEN EQUIPPED ITEM IDENTIFICATION USING INDICIA | XIE, THEODORE L | — |
| 17799427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT PLACEMENT | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18556605 | Validating Elements Displayed on a Display Fixture | BAGGOT, BREFFNI | 28d |
| 18687250 | SCREEN EQUIPPED ITEM IDENTIFICATION USING INDICIA | XIE, THEODORE L | — |
| 17799427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT PLACEMENT | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3623 | 1 |
| 3621 | 1 |
| 3689 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18687250 | SCREEN EQUIPPED ITEM IDENTIFICATION USING INDICIA | XIE, THEODORE L | 3623 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18556605 | Validating Elements Displayed on a Display Fixture | BAGGOT, BREFFNI | 3621 | §101 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 17799427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT PLACEMENT | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | 3689 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2022 |
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