Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Biofire Technologies Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's mechanical and transportation-related filings are being evaluated by multiple specialized technical groups. This distribution across 2 art units introduces the specific examination standards or timelines of each unit for the 3 pending actions.
The prosecution involves 3 distinct examiners, which matches the total number of 3 pending office actions. WEBER, JONATHAN C is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This distribution means that every pending matter is being reviewed by a different examiner, providing the company with feedback from different individuals across its portfolio. Managing these distinct examiners for the actions requires a flexible strategy, as each examiner may have different interpretations of the prior art. The presence of 3 examiners across 2 art units ensures that no single individual or unit has total control over the company's current patent outcomes.
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 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEBER, JONATHAN C | 1 | 64.7% | +28.3% |
| MORGAN, DERRICK R | 1 | 72.7% | +27.0% |
| SYED, NABIL H | 1 | 60.5% | +30.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19295464 | GUN ATTACHMENT | WEBER, JONATHAN C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19295464 | GUN ATTACHMENT | WEBER, JONATHAN C | — |
| 19011177 | GRIP COMPONENT FOR AN ELECTROMECHANICAL GUN | MORGAN, DERRICK R | — |
| 18972408 | SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING BIOMETRIC DATA AT AN ELECTROMECHANICAL GUN | SYED, NABIL H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3641 | 2 |
| 2686 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19295464 | GUN ATTACHMENT | WEBER, JONATHAN C | 3641 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2025 |
| 19011177 | GRIP COMPONENT FOR AN ELECTROMECHANICAL GUN | MORGAN, DERRICK R | 3641 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18972408 | SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING BIOMETRIC DATA AT AN ELECTROMECHANICAL GUN | SYED, NABIL H | 2686 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBiofire Technologies Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Jonathan C Weber has the most, with 1 of Biofire Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
