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
Balloon Innovations Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single action is handled by 1 distinct examiner across 1 distinct art unit. The narrow distribution suggests a focused prosecution effort within a specific technical niche. HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN serves as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because the total count of pending actions is 1, this examiner is responsible for the entirety of the company's active workload at the USPTO.
The concentration under a single examiner in the 1 distinct art unit indicates that the portfolio does not currently face diverse examination styles. Practitioners can focus their strategy on the specific tendencies of HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN. This focus within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector allows for a streamlined approach to addressing examiner concerns. By concentrating all activity in the 1 distinct art unit, the company minimizes the need to navigate varying procedural standards across different USPTO departments. This alignment simplifies the administrative tracking for the company's current filings.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN | 1 | 63.6% | +22.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19020100 | ORNAMENTAL DISPLAY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19020100 | ORNAMENTAL DISPLAY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3631 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19020100 | ORNAMENTAL DISPLAY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN | 3631 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialBalloon Innovations Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Gary Chapman Hoge has the most, with 1 of Balloon Innovations Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
