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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Voss Automotive GmbH has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, but both are located within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration within 1 art unit suggests a narrow technical focus for the company's current prosecution activity. The presence of 2 examiners within a single art unit for only 2 pending actions indicates that the company's technical focus is concentrated, yet it receives multiple reviews within a single specialized group at the patent office.
CHOI, WILLIAM SOON is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. Since each of the 2 distinct examiners is handling a single matter, the company's prosecution is not heavily reliant on any one individual's review. This distribution allows for a diverse set of examiner interactions even within the confines of 1 distinct art unit. The presence of 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector reflects the company's ongoing efforts to secure intellectual property in this specific technical field. Managing these 2 actions requires attention to the specific standards of the 1 art unit involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 1 | 74.4% | +11.3% |
| RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | 1 | 54.5% | +27.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18856378 | MULTI-COUPLING FOR MEDIA LINES | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 67d overdue |
| 16335318 | CONNECTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR MEDIA PIPELINES, AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING MEDIA PIPELINES | RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18856378 | MULTI-COUPLING FOR MEDIA LINES | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 67d overdue |
| 16335318 | CONNECTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR MEDIA PIPELINES, AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING MEDIA PIPELINES | RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18856378 | MULTI-COUPLING FOR MEDIA LINES | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 3679 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 67d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 16335318 | CONNECTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR MEDIA PIPELINES, AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING MEDIA PIPELINES | RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | 3679 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2019 |
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