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 • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
BLACKROCK FINANCE, INC. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z is the busiest examiner for this company patent portfolio, managing 1 pending office action. The prosecution activity is currently limited to 1 point of contact at the patent office, which streamlines the communication process for the applicant.
Because the portfolio consists of 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the examiner's individual discretion is the primary factor in the prosecution. Practitioners can tailor their arguments specifically to SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z without needing to coordinate across multiple art units. This centralized examination within 1 distinct art unit indicates a focused technical scope for the current filing. The absence of multiple pending actions or examiners reduces the complexity of the portfolio's management. This singular focus allows for a dedicated approach to the specific requirements of the assigned examiner and art unit.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | 1 | 26.4% | +37.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18990775 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A DYNAMIC SYSTEM AS LINEARLY CONSTRAINED SEPARABLE OPTIMIZATION | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18990775 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A DYNAMIC SYSTEM AS LINEARLY CONSTRAINED SEPARABLE OPTIMIZATION | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3625 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18990775 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A DYNAMIC SYSTEM AS LINEARLY CONSTRAINED SEPARABLE OPTIMIZATION | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | 3625 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBLACKROCK FINANCE, INC. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Francis Z Santiago-Merced has the most, with 1 of BLACKROCK FINANCE, INC.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
