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
Zayed University is managing 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners but are contained within 1 distinct art unit. This structure indicates a centralized examination focus despite the involvement of different individuals. The workload is perfectly balanced, with each examiner handling exactly one of the pending matters.
Mingjen Jen is the busiest examiner for the university, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Practitioners can expect consistent art unit policies while navigating the specific preferences of the two different examiners. This concentration in 1 art unit for both pending actions allows the university to maintain a more focused prosecution strategy. It is important to ensure that arguments made to Mingjen Jen are consistent with those presented to the other examiner within the same technical department.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEN, MINGJEN | 1 | 79.9% | +14.0% |
| HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 1 | 41.4% | +52.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18977779 | INTELLIGENT ROBOTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | JEN, MINGJEN | — |
| 18957699 | AUDITORY AND OLFACTORY MAPPING SYSTEM | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18977779 | INTELLIGENT ROBOTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | JEN, MINGJEN | — |
| 18957699 | AUDITORY AND OLFACTORY MAPPING SYSTEM | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3657 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18977779 | INTELLIGENT ROBOTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | JEN, MINGJEN | 3657 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18957699 | AUDITORY AND OLFACTORY MAPPING SYSTEM | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 23, 2024 |
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