Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Willand (Beijing) Technology Co. Ltd. is managing 4 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct art units, indicating that the company's technology is being evaluated from several different mechanical and e-commerce perspectives. The portfolio is handled by 4 distinct examiners, meaning each pending action is under the review of a different individual.
YOON, JANE SUJIN is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, though they only have 1 pending case. This distribution shows that no single examiner has a dominant influence over the company's 4 pending office actions. Practitioners must manage four separate relationships across 4 distinct art units, which requires a broad understanding of various examination practices within the USPTO.
Because each of the 4 pending office actions is assigned to a unique examiner, the company faces a variety of examination styles. This lack of concentration means that a successful outcome in one case may not necessarily predict success in another, as each of the 4 distinct examiners will apply their own interpretation of the prior art. The art units involved suggest a diverse classification of the company's mechanical innovations.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOON, JANE SUJIN | 1 | 54.6% | +30.4% |
| CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | 1 | 66.5% | +48.9% |
| CHOI, JISUN | 1 | 65.8% | +59.7% |
| BEAN, JARED C | 1 | 63.0% | +42.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18320345 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING BOUNDARY OF WORKING AREA OF LAWNMOWER, METHOD FOR MOWING AND LAWNMOWER | CHOI, JISUN | 17d overdue |
| 18149358 | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME | BEAN, JARED C | 19d |
| 18586242 | MOWING CONTROL METHOD, SETTING METHOD, LAWN MOWER, SETTING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | 56d |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18320345 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING BOUNDARY OF WORKING AREA OF LAWNMOWER, METHOD FOR MOWING AND LAWNMOWER | CHOI, JISUN | 17d overdue |
| 18149358 | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME | BEAN, JARED C | 19d |
| 18586242 | MOWING CONTROL METHOD, SETTING METHOD, LAWN MOWER, SETTING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | 56d |
| 35526611 | Global positioning device for lawn mower | YOON, JANE SUJIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2951 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35526611 | Global positioning device for lawn mower | YOON, JANE SUJIN | 2951 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18586242 | MOWING CONTROL METHOD, SETTING METHOD, LAWN MOWER, SETTING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | 3663 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18320345 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING BOUNDARY OF WORKING AREA OF LAWNMOWER, METHOD FOR MOWING AND LAWNMOWER | CHOI, JISUN | 3666 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18149358 | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME | BEAN, JARED C | 3669 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Jan 03, 2023 |
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