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 • 183 patents granted in the last 365 days
United Services Automobile Association currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners, yet they are each contained within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that while the company is dealing with different individuals, the technical review is centralized within a specific group at the patent office. This structure can lead to a more predictable technical environment despite the different examiners.
The busiest examiner, MOORTHY, ARAVIND K, is responsible for 1 pending office action. With a busiest examiner pending count of 1, the workload is split between the examiners involved. Practitioners must address the pending office actions by adapting to the specific styles of the distinct examiners while operating within the constraints of the art unit. This requires a balanced approach to prosecution that respects individual examiner preferences.
The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests a consistent technical theme across the company's current filings in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Managing the pending office actions requires a coordinated strategy to ensure that responses remain consistent across the portfolio. The involvement of distinct examiners means that the company must be prepared for different interpretive approaches to the same technical field. The centralized art unit provides a stable foundation for these efforts.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting only | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOORTHY, ARAVIND K | 1 | 84.5% | +12.2% |
| NGUYEN, TIEN C | 1 | 68.1% | +18.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19191980 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED PHONE AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATION VERIFICATION AND EFFICIENCY | MOORTHY, ARAVIND K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19191980 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED PHONE AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATION VERIFICATION AND EFFICIENCY | MOORTHY, ARAVIND K | — |
| 19038702 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE CHECK DEPOSIT ENABLING AUTO-CAPTURE FUNCTIONALITY VIA VIDEO FRAME PROCESSING | NGUYEN, TIEN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3694 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19191980 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED PHONE AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATION VERIFICATION AND EFFICIENCY | MOORTHY, ARAVIND K | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19038702 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE CHECK DEPOSIT ENABLING AUTO-CAPTURE FUNCTIONALITY VIA VIDEO FRAME PROCESSING | NGUYEN, TIEN C | 3694 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
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