Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
UNION WINNER INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. has 6 pending office actions distributed across the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are being handled by 4 distinct examiners. This distribution indicates a moderate level of complexity and variety in the company's current patent applications.
The portfolio spans 2 distinct art units, suggesting some technical variety within the broader transportation and mechanical category. SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD is the busiest examiner for the company, responsible for 3 pending office actions. This represents half of the total 6 pending office actions currently active for the portfolio.
The presence of 4 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units requires a coordinated strategy to ensure consistency in responses. Because SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD handles 3 pending office actions, his individual examination style will significantly impact the overall success rate of the current 6 pending office actions. Practitioners should prioritize understanding his specific requirements while monitoring the other 3 distinct examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 3 | 54.3% | +39.7% |
| AGUDELO, PAOLA | 1 | 76.9% | +17.2% |
| HANES JR., JOHN | 1 | 47.6% | +38.8% |
| RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 1 | 52.5% | +46.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18126532 | CORD GUIDING DEVICE OF WINDOW CURTAIN | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 147d overdue |
| 18410775 | VENETIAN BLIND | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 8d overdue |
| 19020060 | ADJUSTING STRUCTURE AND LOUVER WINDOW WITH ADJUSTABLE DIVIDING STRUCTURE | AGUDELO, PAOLA | — |
| 18599468 | VENETIAN BLIND CAPABLE OF PERFORMING AUTOMATIC ALIGNMENT FOR SLATS | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18126532 | CORD GUIDING DEVICE OF WINDOW CURTAIN | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 147d overdue |
| 18410775 | VENETIAN BLIND | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 8d overdue |
| 18336628 | VENETIAN BLIND | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 49d |
| 19020060 | ADJUSTING STRUCTURE AND LOUVER WINDOW WITH ADJUSTABLE DIVIDING STRUCTURE | AGUDELO, PAOLA | — |
| 18612506 | VARIABLE-FORCE COIL SPRING AND PULLING CORD CONTROL DEVICE | HANES JR., JOHN | — |
| 18599468 | VENETIAN BLIND CAPABLE OF PERFORMING AUTOMATIC ALIGNMENT FOR SLATS | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 5 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19020060 | ADJUSTING STRUCTURE AND LOUVER WINDOW WITH ADJUSTABLE DIVIDING STRUCTURE | AGUDELO, PAOLA | 3633 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18612506 | VARIABLE-FORCE COIL SPRING AND PULLING CORD CONTROL DEVICE | HANES JR., JOHN | 3634 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18599468 | VENETIAN BLIND CAPABLE OF PERFORMING AUTOMATIC ALIGNMENT FOR SLATS | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 3634 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18410775 | VENETIAN BLIND | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 3634 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18336628 | VENETIAN BLIND | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 3634 | §103 | Final Rejection | 49d | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18126532 | CORD GUIDING DEVICE OF WINDOW CURTAIN | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 3634 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 147d overdue | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
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