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
Ecofab Covers International Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and the same number of art units. The portfolio's active prosecution is highly centralized, with only a single matter currently under review. MORANO IV, SAMUEL J is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 pending office action.
This examiner is responsible for the entirety of the company's active workload at the patent office. The one-to-one ratio of pending actions to examiners and art units indicates a straightforward prosecution environment. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific requirements and tendencies of this single examiner within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. This streamlined structure avoids the complexities of managing multiple active files across different technical groups. The focus on a single active matter suggests a targeted approach to its current intellectual property, where the outcome depends entirely on the interpretation of the assigned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORANO IV, SAMUEL J | 1 | 28.4% | -4.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18865601 | Improved Automatic Hatch System for Trough Loaded Hopper Railcars | MORANO IV, SAMUEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18865601 | Improved Automatic Hatch System for Trough Loaded Hopper Railcars | MORANO IV, SAMUEL J | 3615 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEcofab Covers International Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Samuel J Morano IV has the most, with 1 of Ecofab Covers International Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
