Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Aztek Securities, LLC holds 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates the reach across the patent office for these active matters.
The busiest examiner for this entity is ARAQUE JR, GERARDO, who is responsible for 2 pending office actions. This means that 2 of the 3 pending office actions are concentrated with a specific individual. The remaining pending action is handled by the other distinct examiner in the other art unit. Practitioners should evaluate the specific requirements of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area when responding to ARAQUE JR, GERARDO. Understanding the examiner's specific tendencies across the art units can help in tailoring arguments for the pending office actions under his review. This multi-examiner approach requires a coordinated strategy to ensure consistency across the entire portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (33%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 2 | 9.4% | +15.7% |
| NEWLON, WILLIAM D | 1 | 46.2% | +27.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18374619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SERVICE STATUS AND IMPAIRMENT TRACKING | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 19d |
| 18416000 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SERVICE STATUS AND IMPAIRMENT TRACKING | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | — |
| 18513719 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED RESPONSE TRACKING AND ZONING | NEWLON, WILLIAM D | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18374619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SERVICE STATUS AND IMPAIRMENT TRACKING | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 19d |
| 18416000 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SERVICE STATUS AND IMPAIRMENT TRACKING | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | — |
| 18513719 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED RESPONSE TRACKING AND ZONING | NEWLON, WILLIAM D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3629 | 2 |
| 3696 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18416000 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SERVICE STATUS AND IMPAIRMENT TRACKING | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 3629 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18513719 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED RESPONSE TRACKING AND ZONING | NEWLON, WILLIAM D | 3696 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18374619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SERVICE STATUS AND IMPAIRMENT TRACKING | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 3629 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAztek Securities, LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Gerardo Araque Jr. has the most, with 2 of Aztek Securities, LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
