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
Don Sandell's portfolio includes 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, BLAKE E SCOVILLE, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The activity is restricted to 1 distinct art unit, showing a concentrated area of technical review.
With 1 pending office action, the current prosecution workload is specific to the active matter. BLAKE E SCOVILLE manages 1 busiest examiner pending action, which accounts for all active office actions in the portfolio. The fact that there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit suggests that the applicant is not currently facing diverse examination challenges across multiple USPTO departments. In the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area, the 1 distinct examiner simplifies the prosecution process. The 1 pending office action represents the entire active engagement with the USPTO, making the relationship with the 1 distinct examiner, BLAKE E SCOVILLE, the primary factor in the portfolio's current progress.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOVILLE, BLAKE E | 1 | 73.5% | +29.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18313194 | STRIP FRESHENER ASSEMBLY | SCOVILLE, BLAKE E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18313194 | STRIP FRESHENER ASSEMBLY | SCOVILLE, BLAKE E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3671 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18313194 | STRIP FRESHENER ASSEMBLY | SCOVILLE, BLAKE E | 3671 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDon Sandell has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Blake E Scoville has the most, with 1 of Don Sandell's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
