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
Fenner Inc. holds a patent portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. There is currently 1 pending office action for the company. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a very specific focus for their current patenting efforts. Such a concentration suggests that the company's intellectual property strategy is currently centered on a specific technical niche within the broader Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
The busiest examiner for Fenner Inc. is BAYNES, KEVIN J, who is managing 1 pending office action. With only 1 pending office action in the entire portfolio, BAYNES, KEVIN J is the only one currently reviewing the company's work. This concentration highlights the importance of the perspective of this 1 distinct examiner on the company's mechanical systems technology. For a practitioner, this implies that understanding the historical allowance rates and preferences of BAYNES, KEVIN J is critical for predicting the success of the 1 pending office action.
The presence of only the 1 distinct art unit further reinforces the specialized nature of the company's current filings. With the pending office action as the only active matter, the company's immediate legal focus is streamlined. This lack of diversity in examiners and art units simplifies the management of the portfolio but also increases the impact of any single decision made by the assigned examiner within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYNES, KEVIN J | 1 | 74.4% | +34.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18458680 | COUPLING DEVICE WITH MINIMIZED COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION | BAYNES, KEVIN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3678 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18458680 | COUPLING DEVICE WITH MINIMIZED COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION | BAYNES, KEVIN J | 3678 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialFenner Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kevin J Baynes has the most, with 1 of Fenner Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
