Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Federal Express Corporation

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 1 of 6 (17%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
§102 only2 (33%)
No statute on record1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FAYED, RASHA K 1 62.0% +28.0%
ELCHANTI, ZEINA 1 63.6% +25.8%
PAIGE, TYLER D 1 91.3% +8.3%
YANG, JAMES J 1 56.8% +22.3%
FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T 1 81.1% +11.7%
DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH 1 57.9% +49.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18758213 Methods, Systems, and Apparatuses For a Wireless Storage Device PAIGE, TYLER D 110d overdue
18338955 TESTING A SHIPPING PACKAGE FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T 2d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17730774 INTEGRATED DISPLAY FOR SEALED FACE MASKS DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH 17d overdue
19238100 METHODS, NODE APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS CREATING A NETWORK FOR ENHANCED MONITORING OF ITEMS IN TRANSIT FAYED, RASHA K 5d overdue
18338955 TESTING A SHIPPING PACKAGE FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T 2d overdue
18886912 Connected Logistics Receptacle Apparatus, Systems, and Methods having Enhanced Status Indication Functionality Related to a Logistics Operation for a Delivery Item Being Deposited by a Parcel Customer ELCHANTI, ZEINA 23d
18633218 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING OBJECT LOCATIONS YANG, JAMES J 47d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2413 1
3628 1
3664 1
2686 1
2852 1
3785 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19238100 METHODS, NODE APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS CREATING A NETWORK FOR ENHANCED MONITORING OF ITEMS IN TRANSIT FAYED, RASHA K 2413 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2025
18886912 Connected Logistics Receptacle Apparatus, Systems, and Methods having Enhanced Status Indication Functionality Related to a Logistics Operation for a Delivery Item Being Deposited by a Parcel Customer ELCHANTI, ZEINA 3628 Other Non-Final OA 23d Pending Sep 16, 2024
18758213 Methods, Systems, and Apparatuses For a Wireless Storage Device PAIGE, TYLER D 3664 §102 Non-Final OA 110d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18633218 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING OBJECT LOCATIONS YANG, JAMES J 2686 §103 Final Rejection 47d AI Ready Apr 11, 2024
18338955 TESTING A SHIPPING PACKAGE FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
17730774 INTEGRATED DISPLAY FOR SEALED FACE MASKS DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH 3785 §102 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Apr 27, 2022

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