Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vehicle Service Group LLC currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This portfolio is characterized by a high degree of distribution, as the 3 pending actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners. Furthermore, these examiners are located across 3 distinct art units, indicating that each pending matter is being prosecuted in a unique technical and administrative environment. There is no overlap between the examiners or the art units for any of the current pending cases.
The busiest examiner identified in the data is AFZALI, SARANG, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because each examiner handles 1 pending action, no single individual has a dominant influence over the company's current prosecution outcomes. This structure suggests that the company's mechanical and medical device innovations are diverse enough to fall under different specialized classifications at the patent office. Practitioners should be prepared to tailor their arguments to the specific preferences of 3 different examiners rather than relying on a centralized strategy for the 3 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFZALI, SARANG | 1 | 73.4% | +44.6% |
| JEN, MINGJEN | 1 | 79.9% | +14.0% |
| KABIR, SAAD M | 1 | 68.5% | +24.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19352912 | DETACHABLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR USE WITH MOBILE LIFT TABLE | AFZALI, SARANG | — |
| 17573894 | AUTOMATIC ADAPTER SPOTTING FOR AUTOMOTIVE LIFT | KABIR, SAAD M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18526133 | LINKER COMMUNICATION WITH MULTIPLE LIFT SYSTEMS | JEN, MINGJEN | 28d |
| 19352912 | DETACHABLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR USE WITH MOBILE LIFT TABLE | AFZALI, SARANG | — |
| 17573894 | AUTOMATIC ADAPTER SPOTTING FOR AUTOMOTIVE LIFT | KABIR, SAAD M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3726 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19352912 | DETACHABLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR USE WITH MOBILE LIFT TABLE | AFZALI, SARANG | 3726 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2025 |
| 18526133 | LINKER COMMUNICATION WITH MULTIPLE LIFT SYSTEMS | JEN, MINGJEN | 3657 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 17573894 | AUTOMATIC ADAPTER SPOTTING FOR AUTOMOTIVE LIFT | KABIR, SAAD M | 2119 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2022 |
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