Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Essentially Engineered LLC

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 • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Essentially Engineered LLC has 1 pending office action in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matter is assigned within a single examiner and art unit, so the prosecution profile is narrowly focused.

LUGO, CARLOS is the identified examiner. The available data supports concentrated preparation for the next filing, with attention directed to this application’s claims and examination record.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LUGO, CARLOS 1 74.9% +13.6%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19529596 STORAGE BOX MOUNTING PLATE WITH LOCKING MECHANISM LUGO, CARLOS —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19529596 STORAGE BOX MOUNTING PLATE WITH LOCKING MECHANISM LUGO, CARLOS —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3675 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19529596 STORAGE BOX MOUNTING PLATE WITH LOCKING MECHANISM LUGO, CARLOS 3675 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 04, 2026

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Essentially Engineered LLC have?

Essentially Engineered LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Essentially Engineered LLC applications?

Carlos Lugo has the most, with 1 of Essentially Engineered LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Essentially Engineered LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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