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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Formus Labs Limited is currently overseeing 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This activity is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a highly targeted approach to their current patent filings. This focus can be advantageous for a company looking to establish a foothold in a specific mechanical niche. The concentration of 1 pending office action in 1 distinct art unit minimizes the need for diverse legal strategies across different patent office divisions.
The busiest examiner, MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS, is handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 action constitutes the entirety of the company's active prosecution, so the examiner's decisions will directly impact the company's patenting success. With only 1 distinct art unit involved, the company can focus its efforts on the specific technical standards of that unit. This centralized strategy means the company's near-term intellectual property goals are tied to the outcome of the 1 pending office action with this 1 distinct examiner.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | 1 | 49.0% | +49.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18117109 | HIP ARTHROPLASTY PLANNING METHOD | MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18117109 | HIP ARTHROPLASTY PLANNING METHOD | MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3681 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18117109 | HIP ARTHROPLASTY PLANNING METHOD | MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | 3681 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialFormus Labs Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
William Thomas Monticello has the most, with 1 of Formus Labs Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
