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
Wessex International Machinery is managing 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, yet they are contained within a distinct art unit, suggesting a consistent technical focus despite the different reviewers. This concentration in a single art unit implies that while different individuals are reviewing the files, the overarching technical guidelines and supervisory oversight remain uniform.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is MARTINEZ, JOSE ANTONIO, who holds 1 busiest examiner pending action. While the workload is split across multiple examiners, the shared art unit allows the applicant to apply a unified strategy regarding the technical standards of that specific office group. Practitioners can look for commonalities in how the art unit handles mechanical systems to inform their responses to both MARTINEZ, JOSE ANTONIO and the other assigned examiner.
Managing 2 pending office actions across multiple examiners requires a coordinated approach to ensure consistency in claim language and arguments. Since both matters fall within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area, the company can leverage its understanding of the art unit's general tendencies to address the specific concerns of each examiner. Successfully navigating these actions will be key to expanding the company's protected technology in this sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTINEZ, JOSE ANTONIO | 1 | 94.6% | +7.1% |
| TRAN, JULIA C | 1 | 62.5% | +31.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18267076 | APPARATUS FOR TOWING BEHIND A VEHICLE | TRAN, JULIA C | 8d |
| 18258997 | ROLLER FOR USE IN AN AGRICULTURAL OR MOWING MACHINE, AND AN AGRICULTURAL OR MOWING MACHINE COMPRISING THE ROLLER | MARTINEZ, JOSE ANTONIO | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18267076 | APPARATUS FOR TOWING BEHIND A VEHICLE | TRAN, JULIA C | 8d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3671 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18258997 | ROLLER FOR USE IN AN AGRICULTURAL OR MOWING MACHINE, AND AN AGRICULTURAL OR MOWING MACHINE COMPRISING THE ROLLER | MARTINEZ, JOSE ANTONIO | 3671 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18267076 | APPARATUS FOR TOWING BEHIND A VEHICLE | TRAN, JULIA C | 3671 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
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