Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 6 clients • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
HICKMAN BECKER BINGHAM LEDESMA LLP has 2977 career applications in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm currently manages 4 pending office actions. The resolved allowance rate pct is 90.36, representing the success rate for its resolved applications. This history of 2977 applications provides a significant baseline for evaluating the firm's performance in these technical fields.
The average office actions per allowance is 4.46. This figure indicates that the prosecution process involves multiple rounds of examiner interaction before an allowance is reached. With 2977 career applications and a 90.36 resolved allowance rate pct, the firm demonstrates a consistent ability to secure patent rights. The average of 4.46 office actions per allowance helps practitioners plan for the duration of the prosecution cycle. The 4 pending office actions reflect the firm's current activity at the USPTO.
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 only | 1 (14%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (57%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELCHANTI, ZEINA | 1 | 64.3% | +25.0% |
| JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE | 1 | 68.8% | +22.0% |
| WORKU, KIDEST | 1 | 84.9% | +2.8% |
| LEE, JENNIFER V | 1 | 25.1% | +39.7% |
| COLLINS, GARY | 1 | 83.2% | +15.5% |
| EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N | 1 | 52.0% | +46.4% |
| STEINBERG, AMANDA L | 1 | 51.3% | +27.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18374919 | HELPING PROSPECTIVE MOVERS INTERACTIVELY DISCOVER AND EXPLORE PERSONALIZED LIVING LOCATIONS | EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N | 147d overdue |
| 19330788 | Systems and Methods for Computer Memory Optimization for the Storage of Delivery Time Information for a Product Sold Online | ELCHANTI, ZEINA | — |
| 19182262 | INTEGRATED VEHICLE ACCESS AND USAGE TRACKING SYSTEM | JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE | — |
| 18807944 | CONFIGURATION METHOD FOR A POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER AND A CONTROLLER EMPLOYING SAME | WORKU, KIDEST | — |
| 18608911 | SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR UPLOADING IMAGE DATA AND APPROVING SEGMENTED IMAGE DATA | LEE, JENNIFER V | — |
| 18608919 | LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT FOR PROCESSING ANATOMICAL MODELS | COLLINS, GARY | — |
| 18136545 | MONITORING USERS WITH A MOBILE DEVICE WHILE THE USERS ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18374919 | HELPING PROSPECTIVE MOVERS INTERACTIVELY DISCOVER AND EXPLORE PERSONALIZED LIVING LOCATIONS | EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N | 147d overdue |
| 19330788 | Systems and Methods for Computer Memory Optimization for the Storage of Delivery Time Information for a Product Sold Online | ELCHANTI, ZEINA | — |
| 19182262 | INTEGRATED VEHICLE ACCESS AND USAGE TRACKING SYSTEM | JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE | — |
| 18608911 | SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR UPLOADING IMAGE DATA AND APPROVING SEGMENTED IMAGE DATA | LEE, JENNIFER V | — |
| 18608919 | LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT FOR PROCESSING ANATOMICAL MODELS | COLLINS, GARY | — |
| 18136545 | MONITORING USERS WITH A MOBILE DEVICE WHILE THE USERS ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Ricoh | 2 |
| Deliverr, Inc. | 1 |
| Standard Fleet, Inc. | 1 |
| Rohm | 1 |
| Where Might I Live LLP | 1 |
| Alexander F. Castellanos | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3628 | 2 |
| 3699 | 1 |
| 3688 | 1 |
| 2115 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19330788 | Systems and Methods for Computer Memory Optimization for the Storage of Delivery Time Information for a Product Sold Online | Deliverr, Inc. | ELCHANTI, ZEINA | 3628 | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2025 |
| 19182262 | INTEGRATED VEHICLE ACCESS AND USAGE TRACKING SYSTEM | Standard Fleet, Inc. | JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE | 3699 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 18807944 | CONFIGURATION METHOD FOR A POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER AND A CONTROLLER EMPLOYING SAME | Rohm Co., Ltd. | WORKU, KIDEST | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2024 | |
| 18608911 | SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR UPLOADING IMAGE DATA AND APPROVING SEGMENTED IMAGE DATA | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | LEE, JENNIFER V | 3688 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18608919 | LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT FOR PROCESSING ANATOMICAL MODELS | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | COLLINS, GARY | 2115 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18374919 | HELPING PROSPECTIVE MOVERS INTERACTIVELY DISCOVER AND EXPLORE PERSONALIZED LIVING LOCATIONS | Where Might I Live LLP | EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N | 3628 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18136545 | MONITORING USERS WITH A MOBILE DEVICE WHILE THE USERS ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES | Alexander F. Castellanos | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | 3792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
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