Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
53 pending office actions • 8 clients • 46 examiners • 32 art units • 0 of 53 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 148 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 53 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 53 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 43 (81%) |
| §102 only | 5 (9%) |
| §112 only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (4%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 4 | 83.8% | +12.7% |
| KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 3 | 78.0% | +17.9% |
| LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP | 2 | 79.1% | +9.3% |
| LIN, CHENG XI | 2 | 84.5% | +14.4% |
| GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL | 1 | 69.8% | +46.4% |
| AMICK, JACOB M | 1 | 78.5% | +0.1% |
| WEISENFELD, ARYAN E | 1 | 40.1% | +26.2% |
| CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 1 | 59.1% | +23.4% |
| BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE | 1 | 23.1% | +27.6% |
| BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH | 1 | 81.7% | +13.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17979714 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 8d overdue |
| 18769803 | BRAKING SYSTEM FOR AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE, SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR THE CALIBRATION OF A BRAKING SYSTEM OF AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE | BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH | 5d |
| 18458508 | VEHICLE OPERATING METHOD AND SYSTEM | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 8d |
| 18365072 | RAIL THREAD BOX ASSEMBLY | LIN, CHENG XI | 12d |
| 18556326 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING COMPRESSED AIR OF AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE, PARTICULARLY AT LEAST ONE RAILWAY VEHICLE | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 14d |
| 18456332 | VEHICLE FRAME SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | LIN, CHENG XI | 19d |
| 18464851 | POWER DELIVERY SYSTEM | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 34d |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18800280 | EQUIPMENT REPAIR SYSTEM AND METHOD | BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE | 53d overdue |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18800280 | EQUIPMENT REPAIR SYSTEM AND METHOD | BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE | 53d overdue |
| 18925192 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE INTEGRITY OF A CONVOY OF VEHICLES AND CORRESPONDING PROCEDURE | CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 49d overdue |
| 17979714 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 8d overdue |
| 18769803 | BRAKING SYSTEM FOR AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE, SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR THE CALIBRATION OF A BRAKING SYSTEM OF AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE | BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH | 5d |
| 18126825 | OPERATOR PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 6d |
| 18066194 | OPERATOR PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 6d |
| 18458508 | VEHICLE OPERATING METHOD AND SYSTEM | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 8d |
| 18365072 | RAIL THREAD BOX ASSEMBLY | LIN, CHENG XI | 12d |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | 31 |
| Wabtec | 11 |
| Evident | 5 |
| Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | 2 |
| Faiveley Transport Bochum GmbH | 1 |
| POLI S.R.L | 1 |
| L & M Radiator | 1 |
| Wabtec Hauts-de-France | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 12 |
| 3747 | 6 |
| 3616 | 3 |
| 3663 | 2 |
| 3657 | 2 |
| 2857 | 2 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 2836 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19062993 | SEMI-FLOATING TURBINE NOZZLE RING | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 18972614 | VEHICLE BRAKING CONTROL SYSTEM | Faiveley Transport Italia S.p.A. | AMICK, JACOB M | 3747 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18967525 | MAINTENANCE-OF-WAY SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | WEISENFELD, ARYAN E | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18925192 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE INTEGRITY OF A CONVOY OF VEHICLES AND CORRESPONDING PROCEDURE | Faiveley Transport Italia S.p.A. | CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 3661 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18800280 | EQUIPMENT REPAIR SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE | 3624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 53d overdue | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18769803 | BRAKING SYSTEM FOR AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE, SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR THE CALIBRATION OF A BRAKING SYSTEM OF AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE | Faiveley Transport Italia S.p.A. | BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH | 3747 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18720784 | ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR FOR A BRAKING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE, BRAKING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE | Faiveley Transport Italia S.p.A. | DALLO, JOSEPH J | 3747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18705951 | ELECTRIC BAKE CONTROL SYSTEM | Faiveley Transport Rail Technologies India Private Limited | LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP | 3747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18645703 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | PARRIES, DRU M | 2836 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18613803 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A | 3669 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18691251 | ENHANCED COVERAGE LOCAL IMMERSION FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST (NDT) | Evident Corporation | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18595580 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | ULLAH, SHARIF E | 2495 | — | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18436618 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | RUTNAM, SAMUEL DILAN | 2471 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18578307 | RUNNING GEAR FOR A RAIL VEHICLE, COMPRISING A MAGNETIC RAIL BRAKE AND A CENTERING DEVICE, MAGNETIC RAIL BRAKE AND CENTERING DEVICE | Faiveley Transport Bochum GmbH | SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P | 3616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 76d | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18524579 | INTEGRATED ROBOTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE MAINTENANCE | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | OH, HARRY Y | 3657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18387185 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Evident Corporation | BEATTY, TY MITCHELL | 2663 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18499628 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING EVENT SOURCE LOCATION ALONG VEHICLE SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | SCHARPF, SUSAN E | 3747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 51d overdue | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18556326 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING COMPRESSED AIR OF AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE, PARTICULARLY AT LEAST ONE RAILWAY VEHICLE | Faiveley Transport Italia S.p.A. | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18555764 | CONTEMPORANEOUS FIRING SCHEME FOR ACOUSTIC INSPECTION | Evident Corporation | ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | 3645 | §102 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 18480333 | DISC BRAKE FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES | Poli S.R.L | MORRIS, DAVID R. | 3616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
| 18479303 | SIGNAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18470089 | ELECTRIC PANEL SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | SMITH, COURTNEY L | 2835 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18464851 | POWER DELIVERY SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18458508 | VEHICLE OPERATING METHOD AND SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18456220 | SYSTEM FOR MOVING ALONG RAILS | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | BROWNE, SCOTT A | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 18456332 | VEHICLE FRAME SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | LIN, CHENG XI | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 18451950 | PLATE GRIPPING ASSEMBLIES FOR MAINTENANCE | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | VAUGHAN, JASON L | 3726 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18450826 | CONTROL SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | DASCOMB, JACOB D | 2198 | DP | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18450850 | CONTROL SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 2119 | Other | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18365103 | CLAMP ASSEMBLY | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | BUFFINGTON, HEAVEN RICHELLE | 3615 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
| 18365072 | RAIL THREAD BOX ASSEMBLY | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | LIN, CHENG XI | 3615 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
| 18356198 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | NGUYEN, STEVEN VU | 3668 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18350123 | VEHICLE TRACK PAD ASSEMBLY | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | BELLINGER, JASON R | 3615 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 18334141 | INTERSECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | HILGENDORF, DALE W | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 53d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18316098 | CHARGE TRANSFER TIMING SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | BERHANU, SAMUEL | 2859 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18314424 | PANTOGRAPH POSITIONING SYSTEM | Faiveley Transport Tours | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 3615 | DPOther | Non-Final OA | 72d | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
| 18138967 | INSERTION STATE DETERMINATION SYSTEM, INSERTION STATE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Evident Corporation | HENDERSON, RYAN N | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
| 18301806 | COMMUNICATION MONITORING SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | KARWAN, SIHAR A | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Apr 17, 2023 |
| 18299517 | FASTENER SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | KC, SAGAR | 3657 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
| 18126825 | OPERATOR PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18066194 | OPERATOR PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
| 18058468 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-FUEL ENGINE | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M | 3753 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Nov 23, 2022 |
| 17979714 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM | Faiveley Transport Italia S.p.A. | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Nov 02, 2022 |
| 17952545 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | MOORE, MARGARET G | 1765 | §102 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Sep 26, 2022 |
| 17905597 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A LONGITUDINAL ACCELERATION OF AT LEAST ONE RAILWAY VEHICLE | Faiveley Transport Italia S.p.A. | QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | 2857 | §103 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Sep 02, 2022 |
| 17815341 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTENANCE OF WAY | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | CONLON, MARISA V | 3643 | §103 | Final Rejection | 124d overdue | Pending | Jul 27, 2022 |
| 17809926 | COMPRESSION USING PEAK DETECTION FOR ACOUSTIC FULL MATRIX CAPTURE (FMC) | Evident Corporation | PEREZ BERMUDEZ, YARITZA H | 2857 | §103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
| 17687795 | Radiator Assembly with Multiple Fans | L & M Radiator, Inc. | LANE, DEVON | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Mar 07, 2022 |
| 17628548 | VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM COMPRISING BRAKE RIGGING, AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A SYSTEM | Wabtec Hauts-De-France | BURCH, MELODY M | 3616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Jan 19, 2022 |
| 17523326 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING EQUIPMENT | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP | 3747 | §103 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Nov 10, 2021 |
| 17522064 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | UNELUS, ERNEST | 2181 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Nov 09, 2021 |
| 17436452 | MODULE FOR COLLECTING DATA RELATING TO A DEVICE OF A VEHICLE | Faiveley Transport Tours | LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | 78d overdue | Pending | Sep 03, 2021 |
| 16769266 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ANGULAR SPEED OF AN AXLE OF A RAILWAY VEHICLE | Faiveley Transport Italia S.p.A. | NYAMOGO, JOSEPH A | 2858 | §103 | Final Rejection | 91d overdue | Pending | Jun 03, 2020 |
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