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
Elevator Industry Work Preservation Fund shows a concentrated prosecution effort in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. The portfolio contains 1 pending office action situated within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a singular focus for the entity's current intellectual property development.
The prosecution is overseen by 1 distinct examiner, MARTINEZ, DAVID E, who is also the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since the entire active docket is managed by one person, the prosecution path is direct and centralized. This structure simplifies the management of the portfolio but increases the influence of a single examiner's perspective.
Practitioners should prepare for a prosecution environment where feedback is consistent but limited to one source. The outcome of the single pending action will serve as the primary indicator of the entity's current success at the patent office. Understanding the specific examiner's history within this art unit is essential for achieving a favorable result.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTINEZ, DAVID E | 1 | 86.6% | +13.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16992843 | SAFETY LOCKOUT ON PATHS TO REGIONS OF HEIGHTENED RISK | MARTINEZ, DAVID 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16992843 | SAFETY LOCKOUT ON PATHS TO REGIONS OF HEIGHTENED RISK | MARTINEZ, DAVID E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16992843 | SAFETY LOCKOUT ON PATHS TO REGIONS OF HEIGHTENED RISK | MARTINEZ, DAVID E | 3634 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialElevator Industry Work Preservation Fund has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
David E Martinez has the most, with 1 of Elevator Industry Work Preservation Fund's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
