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
UNITED AIRLINES, INC. has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, each handling one case. Both actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, which offers a unified procedural environment for the company's current filings. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests a consistent technical focus within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. Since there are 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the workload is evenly divided. Practitioners must coordinate with 2 distinct examiners, but the shared 1 distinct art unit may simplify the administrative process. With only 2 pending office actions total, the company's current prosecution footprint is small and focused on a single art unit.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | 1 | 80.1% | +13.9% |
| VETTER, DANIEL | 1 | 20.1% | +9.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18957599 | Methods and Systems for Alternative Electronic Itinerary Generation Using Interactive Generative Artificial Intelligence | VETTER, DANIEL | 16d overdue |
| 19171605 | PASSENGER SEATING ARRANGEMENT HAVING ACCESS FOR DISABLED PASSENGERS | BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19171605 | PASSENGER SEATING ARRANGEMENT HAVING ACCESS FOR DISABLED PASSENGERS | BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3628 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19171605 | PASSENGER SEATING ARRANGEMENT HAVING ACCESS FOR DISABLED PASSENGERS | BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 18957599 | Methods and Systems for Alternative Electronic Itinerary Generation Using Interactive Generative Artificial Intelligence | VETTER, DANIEL | 3628 | §101 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
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