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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bearingart has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This 1 pending office action is overseen by 1 distinct examiner, PILKINGTON, JAMES, and 1 distinct art unit. PILKINGTON, JAMES is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. This indicates a highly concentrated prosecution pipeline for the active matters.
The current prosecution activity for Bearingart is limited to 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the workload is not distributed across multiple individuals. PILKINGTON, JAMES is the sole examiner responsible for the 1 pending action, representing the entire active pipeline in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area.
Practitioners should note that the 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit manage the only active matter. This structure ensures a single point of contact at the patent office. The 1 pending office action in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems constitutes the total current workload for Bearingart.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PILKINGTON, JAMES | 1 | 70.2% | +35.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18989837 | CAGE FOR BALL BEARING AND BALL BEARING COMPRISING SAME | PILKINGTON, JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18989837 | CAGE FOR BALL BEARING AND BALL BEARING COMPRISING SAME | PILKINGTON, JAMES | 3617 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBearingart has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
James Pilkington has the most, with 1 of Bearingart's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
