Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gen-Y Creations LLC has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, Nabin Kumar Sharma. The portfolio is active in 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a focused prosecution strategy within a specific mechanical systems division at the USPTO. This concentration allows the company to tailor its responses to the specific requirements of 1 art unit.
Nabin Kumar Sharma is the busiest examiner for this company, currently managing 1 pending office action. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 pending office action, the prosecution process is entirely centralized. The 1 distinct art unit involved provides the technical context for the 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. This means that the company's current patent outcomes are dependent on the specific feedback of Nabin Kumar Sharma. The alignment of 1 pending action, 1 examiner, and 1 art unit simplifies the management of the portfolio but increases the impact of this individual's decisions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HURLEY, KEVIN | 1 | 86.1% | +11.2% |
| SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 1 | 52.6% | +49.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19095187 | Weight Distribution Hitch | HURLEY, KEVIN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18766933 | QUICK CONNECT BALL COUPLER | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19095187 | Weight Distribution Hitch | HURLEY, KEVIN | — |
| 18766933 | QUICK CONNECT BALL COUPLER | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3611 | 1 |
| 3612 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19095187 | Weight Distribution Hitch | HURLEY, KEVIN | 3611 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 18766933 | QUICK CONNECT BALL COUPLER | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 3612 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialGen-Y Creations LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Kevin Hurley has the most, with 1 of Gen-Y Creations LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.