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
Custom Sheet & Plate LLC is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is being processed within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that the company's current prosecution activity is highly focused on a single application, requiring a targeted strategy for this specific examiner and art unit.
The busiest examiner for the company is FERGUSON, MICHAEL P, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Given that the total number of pending office actions is 1, this examiner is the sole person currently evaluating the company's pending mechanical claims. The presence of 1 distinct art unit shows that the company's current interactions with the USPTO are localized within 1 technical department. This singular focus in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area means that the company's immediate prosecution outcomes are entirely dependent on the 1 pending office action under review by this 1 distinct examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 1 | 63.3% | +73.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18645582 | FENCING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18645582 | FENCING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18645582 | FENCING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 3619 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCustom Sheet & Plate LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael P Ferguson has the most, with 1 of Custom Sheet & Plate LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
