Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
VENTURE PRODUCTS, INC. currently has 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. All 3 pending office actions are situated within 1 distinct art units, indicating a concentrated area of technical focus for the company's current patent filings. The prosecution is being handled by 3 distinct examiners, ensuring that each case is reviewed by a different official at the patent office.
ENGLISH, PETER C is identified as the busiest examiner, though they are only responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 3 distinct examiners for the 3 pending office actions, the workload is distributed among the assigned staff. This arrangement within 1 distinct art units suggests that while the subject matter is consistent, the company will need to manage three different examiner perspectives to successfully prosecute its 3 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH, PETER C | 1 | 32.8% | +27.0% |
| DIGIOVANNANTONIO, DANIEL ROBERT | 1 | 87.5% | +14.3% |
| KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON | 1 | 69.6% | +15.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19004635 | LOADABLE DROP SPREADER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE | DIGIOVANNANTONIO, DANIEL ROBERT | — |
| 18955327 | STUMP GRINDER | KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19196266 | HYDRAULICALLY CONTROLLED FLIP UP MOWER DECK | ENGLISH, PETER C | — |
| 19004635 | LOADABLE DROP SPREADER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE | DIGIOVANNANTONIO, DANIEL ROBERT | — |
| 18955327 | STUMP GRINDER | KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3671 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19196266 | HYDRAULICALLY CONTROLLED FLIP UP MOWER DECK | ENGLISH, PETER C | 3671 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19004635 | LOADABLE DROP SPREADER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE | DIGIOVANNANTONIO, DANIEL ROBERT | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18955327 | STUMP GRINDER | KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON | — | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
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