Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days
Patterson & Sheridan, LLP- Toshiba TGCS handles 162 career applications in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 94.16 percent. The average number of office actions per allowance is 3.61. Currently, there are 5 pending office actions.
This active prosecution is part of the firm's work with 162 career applications. The 94.16 percent resolved allowance rate highlights the firm's effectiveness in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The 3.61 average office actions per allowance indicates the effort required to secure these grants. This firm's data demonstrates a success rate within its portfolio. The 94.16 percent resolved allowance rate is a performance metric for its 162 career applications. With 5 pending office actions, the firm is managing its current docket while maintaining a prosecution approach in its primary technology area. The 3.61 average office actions per allowance remains a key factor in its prosecution history.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (20%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (40%) |
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERCHANT, SHAHID R | 1 | 28.3% | +24.8% |
| EUSTAQUIO, CAL J | 1 | 63.7% | +35.5% |
| RAZA, ZEHRA | 1 | 45.3% | +48.3% |
| FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | 1 | 25.4% | +24.4% |
| PADUA, NICO LAUREN | 1 | 17.4% | +38.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18416810 | AI-POWERED MEDIA ANALYSIS FOR ITEM RECOGNITION | MERCHANT, SHAHID R | 30d overdue |
| 18164463 | SOCIAL SHOPPING LIST MESSAGE AND PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | 15d |
| 18163232 | INTELLIGENT ORDER FULFILLMENT AND DELIVERY | PADUA, NICO LAUREN | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18416810 | AI-POWERED MEDIA ANALYSIS FOR ITEM RECOGNITION | MERCHANT, SHAHID R | 30d overdue |
| 18409609 | ANTI-FRAUD AND SURFACE ACOUSTIC SYSTEM | EUSTAQUIO, CAL J | 8d |
| 18164463 | SOCIAL SHOPPING LIST MESSAGE AND PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | 15d |
| 18490980 | DYNAMICALLY-TUNABLE INTERVENTIONS FOR USER TRANSACTIONS | RAZA, ZEHRA | — |
| 18163232 | INTELLIGENT ORDER FULFILLMENT AND DELIVERY | PADUA, NICO LAUREN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Toshiba | 5 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3684 | 1 |
| 2686 | 1 |
| 3697 | 1 |
| 3689 | 1 |
| 3626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18416810 | AI-POWERED MEDIA ANALYSIS FOR ITEM RECOGNITION | Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. | MERCHANT, SHAHID R | 3684 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18409609 | ANTI-FRAUD AND SURFACE ACOUSTIC SYSTEM | Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. | EUSTAQUIO, CAL J | 2686 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18490980 | DYNAMICALLY-TUNABLE INTERVENTIONS FOR USER TRANSACTIONS | Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation | RAZA, ZEHRA | 3697 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18164463 | SOCIAL SHOPPING LIST MESSAGE AND PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION | Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | 3689 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Feb 03, 2023 |
| 18163232 | INTELLIGENT ORDER FULFILLMENT AND DELIVERY | Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. | PADUA, NICO LAUREN | 3626 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
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