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
Bowerbags LLC currently has 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is being handled in 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a specific focus for the current prosecution cycle. Because there is only 1 pending office action, the portfolio is managed by 1 distinct examiner, ensuring a singular point of contact for the company's active patent matters.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is MERCADO, LOUIS A, who is responsible for the 1 busiest examiner pending action. This creates a direct relationship between the applicant and the examiner, as the entire active portfolio of 1 pending office action resides with this individual. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific requirements of this 1 distinct art unit without the need to coordinate across multiple examination styles.
The alignment between the 1 pending office action and the 1 distinct examiner simplifies the management of the company's intellectual property. By addressing the concerns of MERCADO, LOUIS A within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector, the applicant can efficiently work toward a resolution for the single active matter in the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERCADO, LOUIS A | 1 | 78.6% | +18.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19088323 | MODULAR CLIPPING SYSTEM | MERCADO, LOUIS A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19088323 | MODULAR CLIPPING SYSTEM | MERCADO, LOUIS A | 3677 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialBowerbags LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Louis A Mercado has the most, with 1 of Bowerbags LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
