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
Hf Investment Ltd. currently manages a patent portfolio focused on the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The company has 1 pending office action, which is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner. This singular focus indicates that the company's current prosecution activity is limited to a very specific technical inquiry. The action is situated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a specialized classification for the underlying invention.
ARAQUE JR, GERARDO is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing the 1 busiest examiner pending action. This means that the entire pending workload for Hf Investment Ltd. is concentrated under a single individual. Such a high degree of concentration simplifies the management of the portfolio, as there is only one examiner's style and history to analyze. The 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit provide a clear and direct path for prosecution.
For practitioners, the presence of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit for the 1 pending office action allows for a highly targeted strategy. There is no need to coordinate across different art units or adapt to multiple examiner preferences. The prosecution effort is entirely focused on the interaction with ARAQUE JR, GERARDO within that single art unit. This lack of complexity ensures that the pending office action receives dedicated strategic attention.
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 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 1 | 9.4% | +15.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19108569 | METHOD FOR METAL RECYCLING AND REGENERATION PRODUCTION TRACEABILITY WITH CARBON DISCLOSURE | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19108569 | METHOD FOR METAL RECYCLING AND REGENERATION PRODUCTION TRACEABILITY WITH CARBON DISCLOSURE | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3629 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19108569 | METHOD FOR METAL RECYCLING AND REGENERATION PRODUCTION TRACEABILITY WITH CARBON DISCLOSURE | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 3629 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialHf Investment Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Gerardo Araque Jr. has the most, with 1 of Hf Investment Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
