Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vusiongroup Deutschland GmbH currently has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 3 pending office actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, ensuring that each case is being evaluated by a different individual. This distribution across 3 distinct examiners is paired with a presence in 2 distinct art units. The use of 2 distinct art units for 3 pending office actions suggests some overlap in the technical classification of the company's inventions within the USPTO.
The busiest examiner, TUTOR, AARON N, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners, the workload is balanced, with each examiner managing one case. For a practitioner, the challenge lies in addressing the specific requirements of 2 distinct art units while managing the expectations of 3 distinct examiners. The focus on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems remains the common thread across the 3 pending office actions, even as they are split between 2 distinct art units. This structure requires a strategy that accounts for the nuances of 2 distinct art units while responding to the individual preferences of 3 distinct examiners. The 1:1 ratio of examiners to pending actions ensures that each of the 3 pending office actions receives dedicated attention.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TUTOR, AARON N | 1 | 33.9% | +32.5% |
| CHAMPAGNE, LUNA | 1 | 45.6% | +34.1% |
| BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN | 1 | 73.6% | +20.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18838456 | STOCK TAKING ASSISTANT METHOD AND SYSTEM | TUTOR, AARON N | 42d overdue |
| 18560130 | ACQUISITION UNIT FOR AN INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM | BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18838456 | STOCK TAKING ASSISTANT METHOD AND SYSTEM | TUTOR, AARON N | 42d overdue |
| 18290842 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DIMENSION OF A PRODUCT IN A PRODUCT PRESENTATION DEVICE | CHAMPAGNE, LUNA | 2d overdue |
| 18560130 | ACQUISITION UNIT FOR AN INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM | BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3627 | 2 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18838456 | STOCK TAKING ASSISTANT METHOD AND SYSTEM | TUTOR, AARON N | 3627 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18290842 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DIMENSION OF A PRODUCT IN A PRODUCT PRESENTATION DEVICE | CHAMPAGNE, LUNA | 3627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18560130 | ACQUISITION UNIT FOR AN INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM | BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN | 3658 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
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