Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zozo Inc. currently maintains 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 4 actions are spread across 4 distinct examiners, meaning no multiple pending cases are currently being reviewed by the same person. Furthermore, the portfolio involves 4 distinct art units, indicating a broad technical footprint where each pending action is subject to the specific standards of a different unit.
LE, LINH GIANG is identified as the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending office action. This high level of dispersion, with 4 pending office actions across 4 distinct art units, suggests that Zozo Inc. is pursuing a diverse range of innovations within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. Practitioners must prepare for 4 unique prosecution environments simultaneously.
The lack of overlap between the 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units means that there is limited opportunity for a single argument to influence multiple cases. Each of the 4 pending office actions must be handled as an independent legal challenge. LE, LINH GIANG, as a distinct examiner, represents a perspective the company must navigate to advance its 4 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 + other | 3 (75%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE, LINH GIANG | 1 | 66.2% | -4.6% |
| ALLEN, WILLIAM J | 1 | 62.5% | +32.8% |
| SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | 1 | 72.3% | +27.4% |
| BARGEON, BRITTANY E | 1 | 45.0% | +34.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18857501 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | ALLEN, WILLIAM J | 4d overdue |
| 18871295 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | LE, LINH GIANG | — |
| 18413316 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | BARGEON, BRITTANY E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18857501 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | ALLEN, WILLIAM J | 4d overdue |
| 18842557 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | — |
| 18413316 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | BARGEON, BRITTANY E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3686 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 2613 | 1 |
| 3688 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18871295 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | LE, LINH GIANG | 3686 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18857501 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | ALLEN, WILLIAM J | 3619 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18842557 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | 2613 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18413316 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | BARGEON, BRITTANY E | 3688 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
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