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
Gigi Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to a distinct examiner, MALKOWSKI, MARK A, in a distinct art unit. The busiest examiner pending count of 1 confirms that this examiner is handling the pending office action. The focus on a distinct art unit indicates a specific niche within the broader transportation and e-commerce field. Because there is a pending office action, the prosecution strategy is limited to a single point of interaction at the patent office.
MALKOWSKI, MARK A represents the sole examiner currently reviewing the company's mechanical systems technology. The outcome of the company's current patent efforts rests with the review of a single examiner. The presence of a distinct art unit further suggests that the pending technology falls into a specific area within the mechanical systems field. This interaction between the applicant and MALKOWSKI, MARK A defines the current prosecution landscape for the company. The count of examiners and art units for this pending matter limits the communication channel but also concentrates the prosecution outcome on the interpretation of an official. MALKOWSKI, MARK A is the busiest examiner for this pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALKOWSKI, MARK A | 1 | 47.8% | +7.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19477260 | ELECTRONIC TICKET-PROVIDING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC TICKET-PROVIDING METHOD | MALKOWSKI, MARK A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3696 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19477260 | ELECTRONIC TICKET-PROVIDING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC TICKET-PROVIDING METHOD | MALKOWSKI, MARK A | 3696 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialGigi Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Mark A Malkowski has the most, with 1 of Gigi Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
