Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
The company patent portfolio for Edst LLC includes 2 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, PENDLETON, DIONNE, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action, which represents half of the current pending workload.
For a practitioner, this distribution shows that each of the 2 pending office actions is being handled by a different examiner in a different specialized group. There is no examiner concentration to leverage, as the 2 distinct examiners operate independently. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the filings in the Communications area are categorized into different technical niches within the USPTO.
This structure requires the practitioner to manage two separate prosecution tracks. With PENDLETON, DIONNE and the other examiner each handling 1 busiest examiner pending action, the portfolio's progress is split evenly. Practitioners must be prepared for different examiner styles and art unit standards across these 2 pending office actions, as there is no overlap in personnel or units to provide a consistent baseline for prosecution strategy.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENDLETON, DIONNE | 1 | 69.8% | +15.6% |
| MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A | 1 | 48.5% | +50.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18620121 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES TO PROVIDE AN APARTMENT SEEKER WITH PRE-APPROVAL PRIOR TO APPLYING AND PAYING AN APPLICATION FEE TO A RENTAL COMMUNITY | MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19200311 | SMART THERMOSTAT HUB | PENDLETON, DIONNE | — |
| 18620121 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES TO PROVIDE AN APARTMENT SEEKER WITH PRE-APPROVAL PRIOR TO APPLYING AND PAYING AN APPLICATION FEE TO A RENTAL COMMUNITY | MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2689 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19200311 | SMART THERMOSTAT HUB | PENDLETON, DIONNE | 2689 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 18620121 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES TO PROVIDE AN APARTMENT SEEKER WITH PRE-APPROVAL PRIOR TO APPLYING AND PAYING AN APPLICATION FEE TO A RENTAL COMMUNITY | MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A | 3628 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEdst LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Dionne Pendleton has the most, with 1 of Edst LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
