Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
B.L. Sales & Management, Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a specific technical focus for the current prosecution. The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current active matter falls within 1 specific regulatory and technical framework at the patent office.
The case is handled by 1 distinct examiner, HARCOURT, BRAD, who is also the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. This examiner manages the total pending workload for the company, serving as the sole point of contact for the current active matter. With only 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the prosecution is centralized. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination history of HARCOURT, BRAD to effectively manage this 1 active matter, as there are no other examiners currently involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARCOURT, BRAD | 1 | 84.3% | +5.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19200651 | Float Valve Apparatus Having Metal-to-Metal Seals and Method for Using Same | HARCOURT, BRAD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3674 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19200651 | Float Valve Apparatus Having Metal-to-Metal Seals and Method for Using Same | HARCOURT, BRAD | 3674 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialB.L. Sales & Management, Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Brad Harcourt has the most, with 1 of B.L. Sales & Management, Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
