Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Horizon Inc.

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • 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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Horizon Inc. has 4 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, showing separate examiner assignments with one repeated art-unit setting.

MARTIN, VERONICA is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can use the shared art-unit context for comparison while preserving separate response planning for each examiner.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (25%)
§103 only1 (25%)
§102 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
25% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
75% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MARTIN, VERONICA 1 82.6% +13.4%
MORRISON, THOMAS A 1 74.1% +30.1%
CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L 1 81.3% +15.8%
SANDERS, HOWARD J 1 81.1% +7.8%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18201285 SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND SHEET SEPARATING APPARATUS SANDERS, HOWARD J 26d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19221363 FOLDING MACHINE AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME MARTIN, VERONICA 4d overdue
18638834 TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19221363 FOLDING MACHINE AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME MARTIN, VERONICA 4d overdue
19000939 SHEET BUNDLE TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF SHEET BUNDLE TRANSPORT APPARATUS MORRISON, THOMAS A 36d
18638834 TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3653 2
3731 1
2837 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19221363 FOLDING MACHINE AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME MARTIN, VERONICA 3731 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending May 28, 2025
19000939 SHEET BUNDLE TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF SHEET BUNDLE TRANSPORT APPARATUS MORRISON, THOMAS A 3653 §103 Final Rejection 36d Pending Dec 24, 2024
18638834 TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L 2837 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2024
18201285 SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND SHEET SEPARATING APPARATUS SANDERS, HOWARD J 3653 §102 Final Rejection 26d Pending May 24, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Horizon Inc. have?

Horizon Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Horizon Inc. applications?

Veronica Martin has the most, with 1 of Horizon Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Horizon Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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