Technology area: Computing & Software
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fellowes Inc. is overseeing 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 3 actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This indicates a diverse range of technical subject matter and a lack of concentration at the examiner or art unit level. The variety of 3 art units suggests that the company's mechanical innovations are being reviewed by different specialized groups within the patent office.
CHEN, JOSE V is the busiest examiner, though this individual is responsible for only 1 pending office action. Because each pending action is handled by a different examiner in a different art unit, the company must manage 3 unique prosecution environments. This fragmentation suggests that the company's current filings cover a broad spectrum of transportation and mechanical technologies. Practitioners must address the specific concerns of 3 separate examiners without the benefit of shared examiner or art unit data to inform their strategy.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 1 | 53.7% | +28.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18563681 | USER INTERFACE WHICH INDUCES MACHINE OPERATOR INTERACTION AND EFFICIENCIES | FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 26d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18563681 | USER INTERFACE WHICH INDUCES MACHINE OPERATOR INTERACTION AND EFFICIENCIES | FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 26d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2117 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18563681 | USER INTERFACE WHICH INDUCES MACHINE OPERATOR INTERACTION AND EFFICIENCIES | FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 2117 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialFellowes Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Yvonne Trang Follansbee has the most, with 1 of Fellowes Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
