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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wellell Inc. has 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, though they are contained within 1 distinct art unit. This structure indicates that while the company is interacting with multiple individuals, the subject matter remains within a single specialized group at the patent office. The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests a consistent technical theme across the filings.
AARON ROBERT EASTMAN is the busiest examiner for Wellell Inc., with 1 pending office action currently assigned. This examiner handles 1 of the 2 pending actions. Because there are 2 distinct examiners working within the same technical oversight body, the company's prosecution strategy involves navigating the specific preferences of different individuals. This approach requires careful coordination to ensure consistency across the filings.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT | 1 | 79.2% | +19.1% |
| CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | 1 | 50.0% | +65.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19011916 | AIR CELL AND AIR MATTRESS | EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT | 26d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19011916 | AIR CELL AND AIR MATTRESS | EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT | 26d |
| 18743153 | Portable Respiratory System | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3673 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19011916 | AIR CELL AND AIR MATTRESS | EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT | 3673 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18743153 | Portable Respiratory System | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
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