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 • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Indiana Mills & Manufacturing Inc. is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, ADAMS, NATHANIEL L. All current prosecution activity is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a very specific technical focus for this application. This highly focused environment allows the company to dedicate its resources to a single point of contact at the patent office.
Because ADAMS, NATHANIEL L is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, the entire portfolio's immediate outcome depends on this individual's review. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit means that the company only needs to navigate the standards of a single technical group. This highly concentrated workload allows for a very targeted prosecution strategy for the 1 pending office action. Practitioners should thoroughly research the past decisions of ADAMS, NATHANIEL L within this 1 distinct art unit to anticipate potential hurdles and prepare a robust response.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, NATHANIEL L | 1 | 72.2% | +19.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18850854 | RATCHETING WEB RETRACTOR WITH RELEASABLE WEB TENSION LIMITER | ADAMS, NATHANIEL L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18850854 | RATCHETING WEB RETRACTOR WITH RELEASABLE WEB TENSION LIMITER | ADAMS, NATHANIEL L | 3654 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialIndiana Mills & Manufacturing Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nathaniel L Adams has the most, with 1 of Indiana Mills & Manufacturing Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
