Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cupojoe Designs LLC has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. All 3 pending office actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, LANEAU, RONALD, who is the busiest examiner for the company with 3 pending office actions. These matters are all located within 1 distinct art unit. This represents a concentration of work, as a single examiner and a single art unit handle the entire pending portfolio.
While the company has 3 pending office actions, the consistency of having 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit may allow for a unified prosecution strategy. The examiner's familiarity with the company's technology across all 3 pending office actions could lead to efficient resolutions. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific preferences of this 1 distinct examiner within the 1 distinct art unit, rather than managing multiple relationships across the patent office. This concentration of the 3 pending office actions simplifies administrative oversight and ensures a consistent dialogue with 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 | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANEAU, RONALD | 3 | 88.1% | +10.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19060672 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLAYING A GOLF GAME HAVING VIRTUAL ELEMENTS USING AN ADJUSTABLE PUTTING GREEN SURFACE | LANEAU, RONALD | — |
| 19060673 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING VIRTUAL GOLF BALL LANDING LOCATIONS TO ENABLE PHYSICAL ELEMENTS OF A GOLF GAME | LANEAU, RONALD | — |
| 19060674 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF UTILIZING MULTIPLE HITTING SURFACES TO ENABLE A GOLF GAME HAVING VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL ELEMENTS | LANEAU, RONALD | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19060672 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLAYING A GOLF GAME HAVING VIRTUAL ELEMENTS USING AN ADJUSTABLE PUTTING GREEN SURFACE | LANEAU, RONALD | — |
| 19060673 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING VIRTUAL GOLF BALL LANDING LOCATIONS TO ENABLE PHYSICAL ELEMENTS OF A GOLF GAME | LANEAU, RONALD | — |
| 19060674 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF UTILIZING MULTIPLE HITTING SURFACES TO ENABLE A GOLF GAME HAVING VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL ELEMENTS | LANEAU, RONALD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19060672 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLAYING A GOLF GAME HAVING VIRTUAL ELEMENTS USING AN ADJUSTABLE PUTTING GREEN SURFACE | LANEAU, RONALD | 3715 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2025 |
| 19060673 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING VIRTUAL GOLF BALL LANDING LOCATIONS TO ENABLE PHYSICAL ELEMENTS OF A GOLF GAME | LANEAU, RONALD | 3715 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2025 |
| 19060674 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF UTILIZING MULTIPLE HITTING SURFACES TO ENABLE A GOLF GAME HAVING VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL ELEMENTS | LANEAU, RONALD | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialCupojoe Designs LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ronald Laneau has the most, with 3 of Cupojoe Designs LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
