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
Clover Equipment LLC is currently navigating 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The singular nature of this activity suggests a specific focus for the company's current patent filings in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
The busiest examiner, HARTMANN, GARY S, is assigned 1 pending office action. This single action constitutes the total number of pending office actions for the company. With only 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution is subject to the standards of one specific administrative group. Practitioners should analyze the specific requirements of HARTMANN, GARY S to successfully navigate this Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems case.
Because the busiest examiner, HARTMANN, GARY S, handles the 1 pending office action, there is no internal data to compare examiner behavior within the portfolio. The presence of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit creates a centralized prosecution environment. Success for this company depends on tailoring the approach to the specific requirements and interpretive style of this single official at the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARTMANN, GARY S | 1 | 72.6% | +19.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18487680 | Selectively Frictionally Engaged Hole Cover | HARTMANN, GARY S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18487680 | Selectively Frictionally Engaged Hole Cover | HARTMANN, GARY S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3671 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18487680 | Selectively Frictionally Engaged Hole Cover | HARTMANN, GARY S | 3671 | §101DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialClover Equipment LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Gary S Hartmann has the most, with 1 of Clover Equipment LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
