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
Hugo Enterprises LLC has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS, who is responsible for the 1 pending office action. This concentration means that the entire current prosecution effort for the company depends on the review and decisions of a single examiner in a single technical group.
The presence of only 1 distinct examiner, PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS, for the 1 pending office action indicates a lack of examiner diversity in the current portfolio. For a practitioner, this requires a highly focused strategy tailored to the specific preferences and past rulings of this individual. Because the workload is limited to 1 distinct art unit, the procedural environment is expected to be consistent across the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems filings.
With 1 pending office action currently active, the company's immediate patent outcomes are tied to the 1 distinct art unit assigned. The busiest examiner, PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS, holds the entirety of the pending workload. This centralized structure simplifies the management of examiner relationships but increases the impact of a single examiner's perspective on the overall portfolio success.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | 1 | 87.4% | +5.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18603780 | TRACKING PERFORMED DURING MEAT PROCESSING TO SUPPORT ANIMAL SOURCE TRACING | PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3643 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18603780 | TRACKING PERFORMED DURING MEAT PROCESSING TO SUPPORT ANIMAL SOURCE TRACING | PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | 3643 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHugo Enterprises LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Richard Thomas Price Jr. has the most, with 1 of Hugo Enterprises LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
