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 • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hanchett Entry Systems Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, JAMES EDWARD IGNACZEWSKI, in a single distinct art unit. JAMES EDWARD IGNACZEWSKI is the busiest examiner, responsible for the 1 pending office action. The company's current patent activity is focused on this single filing within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
With only a single distinct examiner and a single distinct art unit involved, the company's prosecution strategy is entirely centralized. This allows for a direct and concentrated effort to address the 1 pending office action without the need to coordinate across multiple USPTO departments. The role of JAMES EDWARD IGNACZEWSKI is central to the company's current patent goals in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems, as there are no other pending matters or distinct examiners involved in the portfolio at this time.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD | 1 | 81.6% | -5.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19346986 | SURFACE MOUNTED ELECTRIC STRIKE | IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19346986 | SURFACE MOUNTED ELECTRIC STRIKE | IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialHanchett Entry Systems Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
James Edward Ignaczewski has the most, with 1 of Hanchett Entry Systems Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
