Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zum Services Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. MICHAEL RICHARD KOESTER is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action.
The 3 pending office actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is responsible for one matter. This distribution indicates that no single examiner is managing multiple applications for the company. The 2 distinct art units suggest that the portfolio spans two different technical groups. MICHAEL RICHARD KOESTER is one of the three individuals managing the current workload in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area.
Because the 3 pending office actions are located in 2 distinct art units, the technical focus of the portfolio is split. The prosecution team must manage relationships with 3 distinct examiners, including MICHAEL RICHARD KOESTER. Each of these 3 distinct examiners handles 1 pending office action. This arrangement requires a strategy that addresses the individual preferences of all three examiners while operating across two different art units. The 1 pending office action managed by MICHAEL RICHARD KOESTER represents one third of the company's active matters.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (33%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | 1 | 41.4% | +19.2% |
| SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C | 1 | 32.8% | +31.0% |
| STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 1 | 37.1% | +28.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18627042 | USER INTERFACE FOR FLEET ROUTING SYSTEM | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 22d |
| 19244961 | ROUTE STACKING IN A FLEET ROUTING SYSTEM | KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19098898 | FLEET ROUTING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C | 2d overdue |
| 18627042 | USER INTERFACE FOR FLEET ROUTING SYSTEM | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 22d |
| 19244961 | ROUTE STACKING IN A FLEET ROUTING SYSTEM | KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3623 | 2 |
| 3629 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19244961 | ROUTE STACKING IN A FLEET ROUTING SYSTEM | KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | 3623 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19098898 | FLEET ROUTING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C | 3629 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 18627042 | USER INTERFACE FOR FLEET ROUTING SYSTEM | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 3623 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
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