Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Climate LLC

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

16 pending office actions • 10 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Climate LLC has 17 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 16 distinct examiners and 10 distinct art units, indicating a broad spread of assignments with limited examiner repetition and more recurring placement at the art-unit level.

TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Those matters may warrant a targeted review for common examination issues. The remainder of the portfolio requires individualized prosecution planning across the different examiners and technical units.

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

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)

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.

13
Hard (81%)
3
Medium (19%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only5 (31%)
§101 + other6 (38%)
§103 only3 (19%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
2
Communications
12% of docket
2
Semiconductors
12% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
69% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE 2 8.3% -12.5%
GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER 1 16.2% +33.4%
GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH 1 14.9% +17.3%
LEE, PO HAN 1 32.1% +41.7%
CATO, MIYA J 1 76.8% +12.5%
BROWN, SARA GRACE 1 28.8% +32.3%
GUILIANO, CHARLES A 1 37.3% +37.4%
CAMBY, RICHARD M 1 89.2% +6.5%
WILDER, ANDREW H 1 62.7% +57.8%
SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN 1 69.3% +34.3%

Hard Cases (14)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18201728 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING TRIALS IN FIELDS TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE 127d overdue
18202250 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN PLANTING SEEDS IN GROWING SPACES TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE 73d overdue
18372045 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES SUN, XIUQIN 19d overdue
17698672 DETERMINING UNCERTAINTY OF AGRONOMIC PREDICTIONS NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE 6d
19368216 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENSURING COMPLIANCE OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER —
19282737 Hybrid Seed Selection And Seed Portfolio Optimization By Field GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH —
19088664 Systems And Methods For Use In Planting Seeds In Growing Spaces LEE, PO HAN —
19057752 Systems And Methods For Use In Planting Seeds In Growing Spaces BROWN, SARA GRACE —

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19368216 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENSURING COMPLIANCE OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER —
19282737 Hybrid Seed Selection And Seed Portfolio Optimization By Field GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH —
19088664 Systems And Methods For Use In Planting Seeds In Growing Spaces LEE, PO HAN —
19064529 Systems And Methods For Processing Images Related To Boundaries CATO, MIYA J —
19057752 Systems And Methods For Use In Planting Seeds In Growing Spaces BROWN, SARA GRACE —
18988735 Digital Modeling And Tracking Of Agricultural Fields For Implementing Agricultural Field Trials GUILIANO, CHARLES A —
18741252 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN ASSESSING TREATMENT TRIALS IN AGRICULTURAL FIELDS WILDER, ANDREW H —
18692320 Systems And Methods For Identifying And Translating Changes In User Interface Text For A Software Application SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3624 3
3625 3
3623 2
2857 2
3626 1
2668 1
3661 1
3627 1
2657 1
2121 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19368216 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENSURING COMPLIANCE OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER 3626 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2025
19282737 Hybrid Seed Selection And Seed Portfolio Optimization By Field GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH 3624 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 28, 2025
19088664 Systems And Methods For Use In Planting Seeds In Growing Spaces LEE, PO HAN 3623 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 24, 2025
19064529 Systems And Methods For Processing Images Related To Boundaries CATO, MIYA J 2668 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2025
19057752 Systems And Methods For Use In Planting Seeds In Growing Spaces BROWN, SARA GRACE 3625 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 19, 2025
18988735 Digital Modeling And Tracking Of Agricultural Fields For Implementing Agricultural Field Trials GUILIANO, CHARLES A 3623 §101§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18956387 HIGHLY RESPONSIVE FARMING SYSTEMS WITH EXTRAORDINARY IN-SEASON OPTIMIZATION CAMBY, RICHARD M 3661 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18741252 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN ASSESSING TREATMENT TRIALS IN AGRICULTURAL FIELDS WILDER, ANDREW H 3627 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2024
18692320 Systems And Methods For Identifying And Translating Changes In User Interface Text For A Software Application SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN 2657 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 14, 2024
18372045 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES SUN, XIUQIN 2857 §101§103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2023
18202250 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN PLANTING SEEDS IN GROWING SPACES TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE 3625 §101§103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending May 25, 2023
18201734 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN ASSESSING TRIALS IN FIELDS DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 3624 §101 Final Rejection — Pending May 24, 2023
18201713 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING TRIALS IN FIELDS WALTON, CHESIREE A 3624 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 24, 2023
18201728 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING TRIALS IN FIELDS TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE 3625 §101 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending May 24, 2023
17745325 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED CALCULATION OF CORN HARVEST RECOMMENDATIONS WHITE, DYLAN C 2121 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 16, 2022
17698672 DETERMINING UNCERTAINTY OF AGRONOMIC PREDICTIONS NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 18, 2022

Managing Climate LLC's Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Climate LLC have?

Climate LLC has 16 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 15 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Climate LLC applications?

Gabriel Jose Torres Chanza has the most, with 2 of Climate LLC's pending office actions.

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

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

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month