Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Western Governors University currently manages 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This 1 pending office action represents the current focus of the company patent portfolio's efforts to secure intellectual property. The active filing indicates a targeted approach to patenting within this specific field.
The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This level of concentration means the portfolio is navigating a very specific set of examination guidelines. Working within 1 distinct art unit allows the legal team to focus on a narrow range of technical requirements and prior art.
PORTER, RACHEL L is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending office action. As the sole official overseeing the active filings, this individual's review will be the primary factor in the portfolio's immediate success. Practitioners should prioritize the pending matter to maintain the momentum of the company's patent strategy.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORTER, RACHEL L | 1 | 21.2% | +23.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18143755 | A/B TESTING AND RANDOM CLINICAL TRIALS IN LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | PORTER, RACHEL L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18143755 | A/B TESTING AND RANDOM CLINICAL TRIALS IN LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | PORTER, RACHEL L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3684 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18143755 | A/B TESTING AND RANDOM CLINICAL TRIALS IN LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | PORTER, RACHEL L | 3684 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
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