Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hi-Lex Corporation is active in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area with 4 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct art units, showing some technical concentration within the company's mechanical filings. The presence of 3 distinct art units for 4 pending office actions suggests that at least two matters fall within the same technical group at the patent office.
The portfolio is reviewed by 4 distinct examiners, which is equal to the total number of 4 pending office actions. RAMSEY, JEREMY C is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This one-to-one ratio means that every pending matter is assigned to a unique individual. With 4 distinct examiners, the company must manage 4 separate examiner relationships across the active cases.
Practitioners must manage 4 separate examiner relationships while navigating the requirements of 3 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, RAMSEY, JEREMY C, handles 1 of the 4 pending office actions, reflecting a distributed workload. This requires a strategy that accounts for the individual preferences of 4 distinct examiners. The data shows that no single examiner has a dominant influence over the 4 pending office actions currently active.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 1 | 52.6% | +46.6% |
| SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | 1 | 65.5% | +34.2% |
| CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 1 | 80.5% | +13.5% |
| LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | 1 | 65.6% | +34.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19160048 | CARRIER PLATE AND WINDOW REGULATOR | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | — |
| 18998596 | CARRIER PLATE AND WINDOW REGULATOR | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | — |
| 18827911 | SEAT CABLE MODULE | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | — |
| 17792488 | CYLINDRICAL EMBEDDED MATERIAL FOR MEDICAL USE | LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19160048 | CARRIER PLATE AND WINDOW REGULATOR | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | — |
| 18998596 | CARRIER PLATE AND WINDOW REGULATOR | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | — |
| 18827911 | SEAT CABLE MODULE | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | — |
| 17792488 | CYLINDRICAL EMBEDDED MATERIAL FOR MEDICAL USE | LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 2 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19160048 | CARRIER PLATE AND WINDOW REGULATOR | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 3634 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 18998596 | CARRIER PLATE AND WINDOW REGULATOR | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | 3634 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18827911 | SEAT CABLE MODULE | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 3619 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 17792488 | CYLINDRICAL EMBEDDED MATERIAL FOR MEDICAL USE | LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | 3774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialHi-Lex Corporation has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Jeremy C Ramsey has the most, with 1 of Hi-Lex Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
