Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wota Corp. has 5 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are located within 3 distinct art units and are being reviewed by 5 distinct examiners. VITAL, PIERRE M is the busiest examiner for Wota Corp., with 1 pending office action.
The examiners are assigned to cases across the 3 distinct art units. VITAL, PIERRE M is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The total volume of pending office actions is 5. Each of the 3 distinct art units may have different examination standards. The examiners represent a range of individual perspectives within the USPTO. These pending office actions reflect the current active volume for the applicant. The 5 distinct examiners handle the 5 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (20%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VITAL, PIERRE M | 1 | 50.5% | +20.3% |
| LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN | 1 | 82.6% | +8.0% |
| OBAID, HAMZEH M | 1 | 38.3% | +22.4% |
| YESILDAG, MEHMET | 1 | 34.0% | +28.1% |
| WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 1 | 65.3% | +42.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17896490 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM | YESILDAG, MEHMET | 2d overdue |
| 18583844 | CONNECTOR HUB SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM PRODUCT | VITAL, PIERRE M | — |
| 18921442 | WATER LEVEL SENSOR, WATER STORAGE TANK, AND CIRCULATING WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS | LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN | — |
| 18428548 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM | OBAID, HAMZEH M | — |
| 17742726 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17896490 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM | YESILDAG, MEHMET | 2d overdue |
| 18583844 | CONNECTOR HUB SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM PRODUCT | VITAL, PIERRE M | — |
| 18428548 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM | OBAID, HAMZEH M | — |
| 17742726 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3624 | 2 |
| 2184 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18583844 | CONNECTOR HUB SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM PRODUCT | VITAL, PIERRE M | 2184 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 18921442 | WATER LEVEL SENSOR, WATER STORAGE TANK, AND CIRCULATING WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS | LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18428548 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM | OBAID, HAMZEH M | 3624 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 17896490 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM | YESILDAG, MEHMET | 3624 | §101 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Aug 26, 2022 |
| 17742726 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 1758 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 12, 2022 |
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