Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zhejiang Zhengte Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 3 actions are spread across 3 distinct examiners and several different art units. This distribution means that every pending action is being handled by a different examiner in a unique environment.
CANFIELD, ROBERT is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. With 3 pending office actions in total, the action assigned to CANFIELD, ROBERT represents a portion of the current portfolio activity. The fact that 3 distinct art units are involved for the pending actions highlights the diverse nature of the mechanical and transportation systems being patented by the company. This decentralized approach ensures that the company's intellectual property is evaluated by a broad range of technical experts.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANFIELD, ROBERT | 1 | 76.0% | +18.1% |
| AUBREY, BETH A | 1 | 80.6% | +17.0% |
| ISLAM, SANJIDUL | 1 | 62.3% | +39.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18424554 | STEEL PERGOLA | AUBREY, BETH A | 97d overdue |
| 18612391 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL GAZEBO | CANFIELD, ROBERT | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18424554 | STEEL PERGOLA | AUBREY, BETH A | 97d overdue |
| 18424525 | COMPONENT BOX AND METHOD FOR STORING MULTI-FUNCTION COMPONENTS | ISLAM, SANJIDUL | 34d |
| 18612391 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL GAZEBO | CANFIELD, ROBERT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3636 | 1 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18612391 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL GAZEBO | CANFIELD, ROBERT | 3636 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18424554 | STEEL PERGOLA | AUBREY, BETH A | 3633 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 97d overdue | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18424525 | COMPONENT BOX AND METHOD FOR STORING MULTI-FUNCTION COMPONENTS | ISLAM, SANJIDUL | 3736 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
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