Technology area: Computing & Software
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Clk Supplies LLC has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, showing a concentrated interaction with the patent office for the current portfolio. This focus allows the company to address examiner concerns with high precision and ensure that its software claims are clearly distinguished from the prior art. Such a centralized prosecution effort is often more manageable and allows for a very specific and dedicated legal strategy.
The activity is situated within a distinct art unit, suggesting a specialized technical review for the company's innovations. COLEMAN, PAUL, is the busiest examiner, currently managing the pending office action. The resolution of this matter is the central focus of the company's current prosecution efforts and will likely determine its immediate success in the software sector. Practitioners should focus on the examiner's specific requirements and past decisions to effectively advance the application toward allowance.
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 + 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLEMAN, PAUL | 1 | 66.7% | +45.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18428993 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFICATION OF KEY BLANK PART NUMBERS | COLEMAN, PAUL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18428993 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFICATION OF KEY BLANK PART NUMBERS | COLEMAN, PAUL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2126 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18428993 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFICATION OF KEY BLANK PART NUMBERS | COLEMAN, PAUL | 2126 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialClk Supplies LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Paul Coleman has the most, with 1 of Clk Supplies LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
