Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
ESCO Group LLC currently manages 5 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners. The portfolio spans 3 distinct art units, showing some technical variety within the company's mechanical systems filings. This distribution suggests that the company's intellectual property covers several distinct functional aspects of transportation and mechanical engineering. This requires a prosecution strategy that accounts for the specific technical standards of each unit.
LUSK, AUDREY L is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. While LUSK, AUDREY L has the highest individual count, the remaining pending office actions are handled by the other 4 distinct examiners. This distribution across 3 distinct art units requires a prosecution strategy that accounts for the varied interpretations of multiple examiners and art unit standards. With 5 pending office actions currently active, the company must balance its resources to address the specific technical requirements and examiner preferences across these different patent office divisions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUSK, AUDREY L | 2 | 68.9% | +23.2% |
| MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | 1 | 73.6% | +16.0% |
| XIAO, YUQING | 1 | 60.5% | +27.7% |
| SMITH, ISAAC G | 1 | 72.6% | +21.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17169302 | PIN LOCK ASSEMBLY | LUSK, AUDREY L | 18d overdue |
| 18516916 | MATERIAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD | XIAO, YUQING | — |
| 17991822 | WEAR PART MONITORING | SMITH, ISAAC G | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17169302 | PIN LOCK ASSEMBLY | LUSK, AUDREY L | 18d overdue |
| 17686370 | WEAR ASSEMBLY | LUSK, AUDREY L | 10d overdue |
| 18627302 | LIP FOR EXCAVATING BUCKET | MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | — |
| 18516916 | MATERIAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD | XIAO, YUQING | — |
| 17991822 | WEAR PART MONITORING | SMITH, ISAAC G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3671 | 3 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18627302 | LIP FOR EXCAVATING BUCKET | MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | 3671 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18516916 | MATERIAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD | XIAO, YUQING | 4100 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 17991822 | WEAR PART MONITORING | SMITH, ISAAC G | 3662 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2022 |
| 17686370 | WEAR ASSEMBLY | LUSK, AUDREY L | 3671 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Mar 03, 2022 |
| 17169302 | PIN LOCK ASSEMBLY | LUSK, AUDREY L | 3671 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Feb 05, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialESCO Group LLC has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Audrey L Lusk has the most, with 2 of ESCO Group LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
