Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Alcohol Monitoring Systems Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. The company's prosecution efforts are currently limited to a distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a very specific point of engagement with the patent office. This concentration simplifies the management of the portfolio as there are no competing examiner styles or art unit standards to reconcile. The pending office action serves as the focal point for the company's current intellectual property strategy in the Communications sector.
The busiest examiner, CHICO A FOXX, is responsible for the busiest examiner pending office action. Since there is a distinct examiner for the portfolio, this individual's review process is the main factor in the current status of the company's pending Communications patents. The distinct art unit involved provides a stable administrative environment for this prosecution. Practitioners should tailor their arguments specifically to the preferences of CHICO A FOXX, as this official manages the only active matter for Alcohol Monitoring Systems Inc. at this time.
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 | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOXX, CHICO A | 1 | 78.5% | +29.6% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18878425 | TAMPER-PROOF MOUNTING STRAP FOR A MONITORING DEVICE | FOXX, CHICO A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2685 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18878425 | TAMPER-PROOF MOUNTING STRAP FOR A MONITORING DEVICE | FOXX, CHICO A | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAlcohol Monitoring Systems Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Chico A Foxx has the most, with 1 of Alcohol Monitoring Systems Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
