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
Expandable B V currently manages 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single matter is assigned to examiner EBNER, KATY MEYER, who represents the only distinct examiner currently handling the portfolio. The prosecution activity is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technological scope for the pending application.
As the busiest examiner for the company, EBNER, KATY MEYER is responsible for 1 pending office action. This consolidated prosecution profile means that the company's current patent strategy in this sector relies entirely on the interactions with a single examiner. For a practitioner, this suggests that the outcome of this specific matter will define the company's immediate patent position in the transportation and mechanical systems field.
The presence of only 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner suggests that the company is focusing on a singular innovation path. This lack of diversification across different art units means there are no parallel prosecution tracks to provide alternative perspectives on claim scope. Consequently, the company's intellectual property efforts are currently focused on a single examination path within the 1 distinct art unit identified.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EBNER, KATY MEYER | 1 | 67.5% | +18.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18867615 | TRAILER | EBNER, KATY MEYER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18867615 | TRAILER | EBNER, KATY MEYER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3613 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18867615 | TRAILER | EBNER, KATY MEYER | 3613 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialExpandable B V has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Katy Meyer Ebner has the most, with 1 of Expandable B V's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
