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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Inpeco SA is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner working in 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a specific focus for the company's current patent applications. The presence of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit defines the prosecution strategy, as there is no requirement to manage different examiner behaviors or art unit standards.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is HARP, WILLIAM RAY, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. As the examiner involved, HARP, WILLIAM RAY serves as the primary point of contact for the applicant. For a patent practitioner, this environment allows for a direct relationship with the patent office. The practitioner can tailor their responses specifically to the expectations of the experts within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. This structure involves administrative tracking of the 1 pending matter assigned to the busiest examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARP, WILLIAM RAY | 1 | 79.1% | +10.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19013483 | Automated station for a pneumatic transport system for organic samples, configured for the automated loading and/or unloading of organic samples, and process for transporting and handling organic samples | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19013483 | Automated station for a pneumatic transport system for organic samples, configured for the automated loading and/or unloading of organic samples, and process for transporting and handling organic samples | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | 3653 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialInpeco SA has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
William Ray Harp has the most, with 1 of Inpeco SA's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.