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
Commcap America Inc. is managing 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single case constitutes the full extent of the company's current pending portfolio. It is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and a single art unit, which limits the variety of feedback the company receives from the office.
RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM is the busiest examiner for this portfolio. This examiner is responsible for the 1 pending office action currently active. Because the entire workload is concentrated under this individual, the company's immediate patent goals are tied to a single examiner's interpretation of the law. There are no other examiners or art units involved to provide a broader perspective on the technology.
A practitioner must focus their efforts on the specific requirements of RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM. The strategy for this 1 pending office action cannot be generalized, as it is the only case in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area for this client. Success depends on navigating the specific administrative culture of the single art unit assigned to this case.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 1 | 26.1% | +23.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18052915 | System, Method, and Platform for Providing Support and Financial Resources for Small Businesses | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 66d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18052915 | System, Method, and Platform for Providing Support and Financial Resources for Small Businesses | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 66d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18052915 | System, Method, and Platform for Providing Support and Financial Resources for Small Businesses | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 3626 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 66d overdue | Pending | Nov 05, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialCommcap America Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Dennis William Ruhl has the most, with 1 of Commcap America Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
