Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Facc AG has 3 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, so each listed matter is associated with a separate examiner and technical unit.
O'HARA, BRIAN M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can therefore manage the docket on a matter-by-matter basis, with attention to the separate examination context for each application.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'HARA, BRIAN M | 1 | 75.2% | +20.5% |
| MAH, CHUCK Y | 1 | 79.6% | +10.4% |
| MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 1 | 64.6% | +31.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19101203 | LOCKING DEVICE FOR LOCKING A PIVOTABLY MOUNTED DOOR OF A CONTAINER, IN PARTICULAR A LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR OF AN OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT, AND OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT WITH SUCH A LOCKING DEVICE | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 4d overdue |
| 19299077 | LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT FOR AN AIRCRAFT | O'HARA, BRIAN M | — |
| 19135631 | HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR A DOOR OF AN OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT | MAH, CHUCK Y | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19101203 | LOCKING DEVICE FOR LOCKING A PIVOTABLY MOUNTED DOOR OF A CONTAINER, IN PARTICULAR A LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR OF AN OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT, AND OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT WITH SUCH A LOCKING DEVICE | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 4d overdue |
| 19299077 | LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT FOR AN AIRCRAFT | O'HARA, BRIAN M | — |
| 19135631 | HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR A DOOR OF AN OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT | MAH, CHUCK Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 1 |
| 3677 | 1 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19299077 | LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT FOR AN AIRCRAFT | O'HARA, BRIAN M | 3642 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19135631 | HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR A DOOR OF AN OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT | MAH, CHUCK Y | 3677 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19101203 | LOCKING DEVICE FOR LOCKING A PIVOTABLY MOUNTED DOOR OF A CONTAINER, IN PARTICULAR A LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR OF AN OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT, AND OVERHEAD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT WITH SUCH A LOCKING DEVICE | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialFacc AG has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Brian M O'Hara has the most, with 1 of Facc AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
