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
Innermost Containment Systems L L C manages 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MAYO, TARA LEIGH, who is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The portfolio is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific mechanical or transportation focus.
For a practitioner, the entire pending workload is subject to the examination style of MAYO, TARA LEIGH. The presence of 1 distinct art unit means the practitioner can focus on the specific technical standards of that unit. Since there is only 1 pending office action, the company's current US patent strategy is highly focused on this single case.
The lack of multiple distinct examiners means there is no opportunity to compare different examination approaches within this portfolio. Practitioners should carefully review the history of MAYO, TARA LEIGH to anticipate potential challenges. This narrow scope simplifies the management of the portfolio but increases the risk associated with a single examiner's perspective within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAYO, TARA LEIGH | 1 | 74.6% | +11.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18789670 | BUOYANT CONTAINMENT AND/OR FILTRATION | MAYO, TARA LEIGH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18789670 | BUOYANT CONTAINMENT AND/OR FILTRATION | MAYO, TARA LEIGH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3671 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18789670 | BUOYANT CONTAINMENT AND/OR FILTRATION | MAYO, TARA LEIGH | 3671 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialInnermost Containment Systems L L C has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Tara Leigh Mayo has the most, with 1 of Innermost Containment Systems L L C's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
