Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Circlesx LLC

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Circlesx LLC has 7 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The docket involves 6 examiners across 5 art units, showing broad examiner participation with limited assignment repetition.

COBB, MATTHEW is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel can coordinate those matters where useful, while maintaining separate review for the remaining examiner assignments and their technical contexts.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

6
Hard (86%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (43%)
§101 + other3 (43%)
Double-patenting only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COBB, MATTHEW 2 72.9% +35.2%
ANDREI, RADU 1 36.7% +19.5%
LEVINE, ADAM L 1 35.9% +40.0%
LADONI, AHOORA 1 4.5% +9.8%
ALVAREZ, RAQUEL 1 49.7% +7.4%
PANDYA, SUNIT 1 65.8% +28.1%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18900704 Web Browser and Operating System Portal and Search Portal with Price Time Priority Queues ALVAREZ, RAQUEL 26d
18974742 Method and Device for Trading Renewable Energy Units LEVINE, ADAM L 33d
19440544 Systems, Methods, and Devices to Determine Claim Event Data ANDREI, RADU —
19268642 Toll and Congestion Community Objects with Price-Time Priority Queues for Transformed Toll and Congestion Capacity Units COBB, MATTHEW —
19226109 Price Time Priority Queue Routing for Transportation Capacity Units COBB, MATTHEW —
18959474 System and Method for a Tutoring Exchange for Tutoring Units LADONI, AHOORA —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18974742 Method and Device for Trading Renewable Energy Units LEVINE, ADAM L 33d
19440544 Systems, Methods, and Devices to Determine Claim Event Data ANDREI, RADU —
19268642 Toll and Congestion Community Objects with Price-Time Priority Queues for Transformed Toll and Congestion Capacity Units COBB, MATTHEW —
19226109 Price Time Priority Queue Routing for Transportation Capacity Units COBB, MATTHEW —
18387962 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GEOLOCATION PORTFOLIO EXCHANGES PANDYA, SUNIT —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3661 2
3689 2
3697 1
3622 1
3715 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19440544 Systems, Methods, and Devices to Determine Claim Event Data ANDREI, RADU 3697 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 05, 2026
19268642 Toll and Congestion Community Objects with Price-Time Priority Queues for Transformed Toll and Congestion Capacity Units COBB, MATTHEW 3661 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 14, 2025
19226109 Price Time Priority Queue Routing for Transportation Capacity Units COBB, MATTHEW 3661 §101Other Final Rejection — Pending Jun 02, 2025
18974742 Method and Device for Trading Renewable Energy Units LEVINE, ADAM L 3689 §101§103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Dec 09, 2024
18959474 System and Method for a Tutoring Exchange for Tutoring Units LADONI, AHOORA 3689 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18900704 Web Browser and Operating System Portal and Search Portal with Price Time Priority Queues ALVAREZ, RAQUEL 3622 §101§103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 28, 2024
18387962 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GEOLOCATION PORTFOLIO EXCHANGES PANDYA, SUNIT 3715 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 08, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Circlesx LLC have?

Circlesx LLC has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 6 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Circlesx LLC applications?

Matthew Cobb has the most, with 2 of Circlesx LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Circlesx LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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