Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Axts Inc. has 7 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These cases are distributed among 7 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This high concentration in only 2 distinct art units suggests that the applications share similar technical classifications despite the variety of 7 distinct examiners. Practitioners should look for trends within these 2 distinct art units that might affect the 7 pending office actions.
GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 pending office action. Since 7 distinct examiners are each handling 1 pending office action, the workload is spread across many individuals. However, the limited number of 2 distinct art units provides a more unified administrative environment. Managing 7 distinct examiners within only 2 distinct art units requires attention to individual preferences while maintaining a consistent technical argument across the active cases. This structure allows for a relatively focused prosecution strategy for the 7 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S | 1 | 67.0% | +28.4% |
| MORGAN, DERRICK R | 1 | 72.7% | +27.0% |
| WEBER, JONATHAN C | 1 | 64.7% | +28.3% |
| SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | 1 | 78.0% | +19.1% |
| COOPER, JOHN | 1 | 79.5% | +17.7% |
| CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE | 1 | 69.7% | +18.6% |
| KLEIN, GABRIEL J | 1 | 66.1% | +24.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19246484 | ATTACHMENT INTERFACE FOR RECOIL ENVIRONMENTS | GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S | 121d overdue |
| 18412074 | OPTIC GUARD FRAME ON OPTIC SIGHT OR OPTIC MOUNTING ADAPTER | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | 44d overdue |
| 18792376 | ADAPTER ASSEMBLY OR OTHER MOUNTING FEATURES FOR CLOSED EMITTER OPTIC SIGHT | MORGAN, DERRICK R | — |
| 18412166 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY WITH PROTECTIVE FLEXING MEMBER AND/OR MECHANICAL REAR SIGHT FEATURES | COOPER, JOHN | — |
| 18330104 | MAGAZINE BASE PAD ASSEMBLY AND MAGAZINE EXTENSION ASSEMBLY | KLEIN, GABRIEL J | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19246484 | ATTACHMENT INTERFACE FOR RECOIL ENVIRONMENTS | GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S | 121d overdue |
| 18412074 | OPTIC GUARD FRAME ON OPTIC SIGHT OR OPTIC MOUNTING ADAPTER | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | 44d overdue |
| 18792376 | ADAPTER ASSEMBLY OR OTHER MOUNTING FEATURES FOR CLOSED EMITTER OPTIC SIGHT | MORGAN, DERRICK R | — |
| 18593572 | COMPENSATOR ASSEMBLY FOR A FIREARM | WEBER, JONATHAN C | — |
| 18412166 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY WITH PROTECTIVE FLEXING MEMBER AND/OR MECHANICAL REAR SIGHT FEATURES | COOPER, JOHN | — |
| 18244731 | SELF-LOCKINGLY FASTENED COMPONENTS IN A RECOIL ENVIRONMENT | CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE | — |
| 18330104 | MAGAZINE BASE PAD ASSEMBLY AND MAGAZINE EXTENSION ASSEMBLY | KLEIN, GABRIEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3641 | 6 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19246484 | ATTACHMENT INTERFACE FOR RECOIL ENVIRONMENTS | GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S | 3641 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 121d overdue | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 18792376 | ADAPTER ASSEMBLY OR OTHER MOUNTING FEATURES FOR CLOSED EMITTER OPTIC SIGHT | MORGAN, DERRICK R | 3641 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18593572 | COMPENSATOR ASSEMBLY FOR A FIREARM | WEBER, JONATHAN C | 3641 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18412074 | OPTIC GUARD FRAME ON OPTIC SIGHT OR OPTIC MOUNTING ADAPTER | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | 2872 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18412166 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY WITH PROTECTIVE FLEXING MEMBER AND/OR MECHANICAL REAR SIGHT FEATURES | COOPER, JOHN | 3641 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18244731 | SELF-LOCKINGLY FASTENED COMPONENTS IN A RECOIL ENVIRONMENT | CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE | 3641 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18330104 | MAGAZINE BASE PAD ASSEMBLY AND MAGAZINE EXTENSION ASSEMBLY | KLEIN, GABRIEL J | 3641 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAxts Inc. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 7 examiners.
Benjamin S Gomberg has the most, with 1 of Axts Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
