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
UNIVERSITY OF MALTA is managing 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical focus for the university's current filings. However, the review process is split between 2 distinct examiners, providing two different perspectives on the applications within that single technical classification.
HAGOS, EYOB is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions, the university is receiving feedback from two different individuals within the 1 distinct art unit. This distribution provides a broader perspective on how the transportation and mechanical systems art unit evaluates the university's patent applications. Practitioners can compare the feedback from the 2 distinct examiners to better understand the internal standards of the single art unit being engaged. The 2 pending office actions represent a focused but multi-examiner approach to securing intellectual property in the transportation sector.
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 + other | 1 (50%) |
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAGOS, EYOB | 1 | 66.3% | +43.1% |
| FIX, THOMAS S | 1 | 72.1% | +16.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18698294 | METHOD AND FLIGHT DATA ANALYZER FOR IDENTIFYING ANOMALOUS FLIGHT DATA AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING AN AIRCRAFT | HAGOS, EYOB | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18698294 | METHOD AND FLIGHT DATA ANALYZER FOR IDENTIFYING ANOMALOUS FLIGHT DATA AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING AN AIRCRAFT | HAGOS, EYOB | — |
| 18695968 | FLOATING OFFSHORE STRUCTURE | FIX, THOMAS S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3618 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18698294 | METHOD AND FLIGHT DATA ANALYZER FOR IDENTIFYING ANOMALOUS FLIGHT DATA AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING AN AIRCRAFT | HAGOS, EYOB | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18695968 | FLOATING OFFSHORE STRUCTURE | FIX, THOMAS S | 3618 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
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