Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fedex Corporation has 1 pending office action in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matter is assigned to 1 examiner and 1 art unit.
SINGH, KAVEL is the identified examiner and handles the pending matter. Counsel can focus on the record, the examiner's objections, and the practice associated with that single art-unit assignment.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (14%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (14%) |
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYED, NABIL H | 1 | 60.5% | +30.3% |
| MOLNAR, HUNTER A | 1 | 50.7% | +33.1% |
| HARRINGTON, MICHAEL P | 1 | 24.8% | +17.1% |
| PENDLETON, DIONNE | 1 | 69.8% | +15.6% |
| KIRK, BRYAN J | 1 | 33.9% | +44.1% |
| KHAN, MEHMOOD B | 1 | 69.0% | +22.5% |
| DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | 1 | 57.6% | +49.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18974773 | Methods and Systems for Node-Enabled Shipment Merging for a Set of Items Being Shipped | KIRK, BRYAN J | 49d overdue |
| 19266117 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS INVOLVING AN ENHANCED CONNECTED NODE-BASED LOGISTICS RECEPTACLE AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME | MOLNAR, HUNTER A | — |
| 19073566 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR DETECTING AND RESOLVING RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SHIPPED OBJECTS | HARRINGTON, MICHAEL P | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18974773 | Methods and Systems for Node-Enabled Shipment Merging for a Set of Items Being Shipped | KIRK, BRYAN J | 49d overdue |
| 17730774 | INTEGRATED DISPLAY FOR SEALED FACE MASKS | DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | 17d overdue |
| 19290247 | Methods and Apparatus for Providing Enhanced Automated Access to a Dispatched Personal Delivery Device Operative to Transport a Shipment Item | SYED, NABIL H | — |
| 19266117 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS INVOLVING AN ENHANCED CONNECTED NODE-BASED LOGISTICS RECEPTACLE AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME | MOLNAR, HUNTER A | — |
| 19073566 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR DETECTING AND RESOLVING RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SHIPPED OBJECTS | HARRINGTON, MICHAEL P | — |
| 19005726 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND VERIFYING AN ENVIRONMENTAL ANOMALY USING MULTIPLE COMMAND NODES | PENDLETON, DIONNE | — |
| 18602503 | LOCATING OBJECTS RELATIVE TO A GEOFENCE IN A REAL TIME LOCATION SYSTEM | KHAN, MEHMOOD B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3628 | 3 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 2689 | 1 |
| 2419 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19290247 | Methods and Apparatus for Providing Enhanced Automated Access to a Dispatched Personal Delivery Device Operative to Transport a Shipment Item | SYED, NABIL H | 3661 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19266117 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS INVOLVING AN ENHANCED CONNECTED NODE-BASED LOGISTICS RECEPTACLE AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME | MOLNAR, HUNTER A | 3628 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19073566 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR DETECTING AND RESOLVING RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SHIPPED OBJECTS | HARRINGTON, MICHAEL P | 3628 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19005726 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND VERIFYING AN ENVIRONMENTAL ANOMALY USING MULTIPLE COMMAND NODES | PENDLETON, DIONNE | 2689 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18974773 | Methods and Systems for Node-Enabled Shipment Merging for a Set of Items Being Shipped | KIRK, BRYAN J | 3628 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18602503 | LOCATING OBJECTS RELATIVE TO A GEOFENCE IN A REAL TIME LOCATION SYSTEM | KHAN, MEHMOOD B | 2419 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 17730774 | INTEGRATED DISPLAY FOR SEALED FACE MASKS | DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | 3785 | §102 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Apr 27, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialFedEx Corporation has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 7 examiners.
Nabil H Syed has the most, with 1 of FedEx Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
