Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
ZSM HOLDINGS LLC is managing 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 pending office actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units. This suggests that the company's current patent filings are diverse enough to be classified into different examination groups. The use of 2 distinct art units indicates a lack of technical overlap in the current portfolio.
The portfolio involves 2 distinct examiners, with each examiner handling a case. DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY is identified as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners, the company faces a varied prosecution landscape relative to the size of its active portfolio. This requires the company to navigate the specific requirements of DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY and other officials for its 1 pending office action per examiner. The 2 distinct examiners will each provide independent evaluations of the submitted claims.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY | 1 | 72.4% | +20.1% |
| COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES | 1 | 67.5% | +22.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18629328 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING A CARGO AIRCRAFT | DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY | — |
| 18482626 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING LARGE CARGO AND LOADING IT ONTO A CARGO AIRCRAFT | COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18629328 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING A CARGO AIRCRAFT | DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY | — |
| 18482626 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING LARGE CARGO AND LOADING IT ONTO A CARGO AIRCRAFT | COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3632 | 1 |
| 3612 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18629328 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING A CARGO AIRCRAFT | DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY | 3632 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18482626 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING LARGE CARGO AND LOADING IT ONTO A CARGO AIRCRAFT | COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES | 3612 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
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