Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vivid Seats LLC currently has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. YONO, RAVEN E is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action currently assigned.
The 2 pending office actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that no single individual controls the current prosecution pipeline. With 2 distinct art units involved, the company's applications are being evaluated under different examination frameworks. The 1 busiest examiner pending action represents one of the 2 active office actions. Practitioners must coordinate across 2 distinct art units to maintain consistency for the 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (50%) |
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YONO, RAVEN E | 1 | 38.9% | +33.6% |
| CHISM, STEVEN R | 1 | 30.8% | +42.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18108548 | ELECTRONIC TICKETING TRANSFERABILITY AND AUTHENTICITY VERIFICATION | YONO, RAVEN E | — |
| 17499784 | MULTIPLE TRANSFERS OF BLOCKCHAIN-BASED TOKENS | CHISM, STEVEN R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18108548 | ELECTRONIC TICKETING TRANSFERABILITY AND AUTHENTICITY VERIFICATION | YONO, RAVEN E | — |
| 17499784 | MULTIPLE TRANSFERS OF BLOCKCHAIN-BASED TOKENS | CHISM, STEVEN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3694 | 1 |
| 3692 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18108548 | ELECTRONIC TICKETING TRANSFERABILITY AND AUTHENTICITY VERIFICATION | YONO, RAVEN E | 3694 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 17499784 | MULTIPLE TRANSFERS OF BLOCKCHAIN-BASED TOKENS | CHISM, STEVEN R | 3692 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2021 |
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