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
Delta Tool Co. Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, ANDREWS, DAVID L, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a focused technical review. This concentration suggests that the applicant's current legal strategy is entirely dependent on the specific technical standards of this 1 unit within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
The busiest examiner pending count is 1, matching the total of 1 pending office action. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the applicant's current interaction with the patent office is centralized. The resolution of the 1 pending action will be determined by the specific review and requirements of ANDREWS, DAVID L within this single art unit. Practitioners should prioritize a thorough review of this examiner's previous rulings to identify common patterns in how they handle Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems applications. Since there is only 1 pending office action, the company's immediate patent goals are tied to the resolution of this single case. The focus on 1 distinct art unit means that the technical arguments must be precisely aligned with the specific requirements of that unit. Successful navigation of this 1 pending action requires a deep understanding of the examiner's specific prior art preferences.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, DAVID L | 1 | 71.6% | +16.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19092626 | DOWNHOLE SEALING TOOL ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | ANDREWS, DAVID L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19092626 | DOWNHOLE SEALING TOOL ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | ANDREWS, DAVID L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3672 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19092626 | DOWNHOLE SEALING TOOL ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | ANDREWS, DAVID L | 3672 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialDelta Tool Co. Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
David L Andrews has the most, with 1 of Delta Tool Co. Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
