Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

9494-1861 Québec Inc.

Technology area: Communications

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

9494-1861 Québec Inc. maintains a company patent portfolio in the Communications technology area. The portfolio currently contains 1 pending office action. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests a very focused and singular administrative path for the company's current patenting efforts.

Thomas S McCormack is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since the total number of pending office actions is 1, McCormack is the sole examiner currently engaged with the company's filings. This represents a highly centralized prosecution status where all current feedback is consolidated under one examiner and one art unit. The company can focus its strategy on the 1 pending office action without the need to coordinate across multiple examiners or the 1 distinct art unit. Practitioners can expect a singular point of contact within the USPTO for these specific proceedings.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
100% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCCORMACK, THOMAS S 1 80.2% +3.6%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19126720 ELECTRONICALLY ENABLED PILL ORGANIZER MCCORMACK, THOMAS S —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2686 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19126720 ELECTRONICALLY ENABLED PILL ORGANIZER MCCORMACK, THOMAS S 2686 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does 9494-1861 Québec Inc. have?

9494-1861 Québec Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most 9494-1861 Québec Inc. applications?

Thomas S Mccormack has the most, with 1 of 9494-1861 Québec Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are 9494-1861 Québec Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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