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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wilder Systems Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, providing different perspectives on the company's mechanical innovations from separate officials. Both actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a consistent technical theme across the filings and a unified classification for the company's mechanical systems technology.
Michael V Kerrigan is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action currently assigned to him. With 2 pending office actions in 1 art unit, the company can benefit from a unified technical classification and a consistent set of prior art searches while navigating the individual preferences of 2 distinct examiners. This structure allows for a focused yet diversified prosecution strategy that addresses the specific technical nuances of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
Practitioners should analyze the feedback from both Michael V Kerrigan and the other distinct examiner to identify any common technical hurdles within the 1 art unit. This dual-examiner, single-unit structure allows the company to test different claim strategies for its innovations while remaining within a stable regulatory environment. The outcome of these 2 pending office actions will be a key indicator of the company's success in protecting its latest mechanical developments and its overall standing in the field.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KERRIGAN, MICHAEL V | 1 | 87.0% | +9.4% |
| JOS, BASIL T | 1 | 78.0% | +6.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19063749 | AUTO-LOCATING AND AUTONOMOUS OPERATION DATA STORAGE | KERRIGAN, MICHAEL V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3664 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19063749 | AUTO-LOCATING AND AUTONOMOUS OPERATION DATA STORAGE | KERRIGAN, MICHAEL V | 3664 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19040403 | BALANCING COMPUTE FOR ROBOTIC OPERATIONS | JOS, BASIL T | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
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