Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
14 pending office actions • 7 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days
Inter IKEA Systems B.V. currently has 13 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 7 distinct art units, which indicates that the company's pending applications are concentrated in a few specialized technical groups. The prosecution involves 12 distinct examiners, suggesting that almost every pending action is being reviewed by a different individual. The presence of 13 actions within the 7 art units means that several art units are processing multiple applications from this company.
HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 2 pending office actions. This is the only instance of examiner concentration, as the other 12 examiners each handle one of the remaining pending actions. This distribution requires the company to manage different examiner relationships while navigating the specific standards of the art units at the USPTO. With total pending actions, the portfolio is largely decentralized at the examiner level. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the 7 art units, as only 2 actions are assigned to the busiest examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (29%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE | 3 | 70.5% | +21.8% |
| ABRAHAM, TANIA | 1 | 72.6% | +17.0% |
| GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 1 | 48.4% | +16.5% |
| KEBEDE, GELILA SOLOMON | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J | 1 | 77.7% | +15.2% |
| THROOP, MYLES A | 1 | 58.5% | +40.1% |
| ARTALEJO, ELIZABETH IRENE | 1 | 43.2% | -20.5% |
| ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 1 | 62.1% | +20.4% |
| SEO, JUSTIN | 1 | 82.3% | +16.4% |
| ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A | 1 | 48.3% | +43.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19117618 | CUSHION FOR A SEATING FURNITURE | KEBEDE, GELILA SOLOMON | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18579385 | PIECE OF FURNITURE COMPRISING A WEIGHTED STRUCTURAL ELEMENT | SMITH, NKEISHA | 4d overdue |
| 18870640 | A DRAWER RUNNER SYSTEM | ARTALEJO, ELIZABETH IRENE | 33d |
| 19125609 | HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE CHAIR | ABRAHAM, TANIA | — |
| 19121873 | PICTURE FRAME | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | — |
| 18865724 | FURNITURE MODULE AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A FURNITURE MODULE | HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE | — |
| 18837413 | FORMING AND PRE-PRESSING STATION FOR FORMING A FIBERBOARD FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC FIBERS | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | — |
| 18721835 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING A PATTERN ON A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE | SEO, JUSTIN | — |
| 18710179 | FURNITURE ARRANGEMENT | ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18709051 | LOW FRICTION SLIDE SYSTEM | HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE | 84d |
| 19125609 | HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE CHAIR | ABRAHAM, TANIA | — |
| 19121873 | PICTURE FRAME | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | — |
| 19065648 | ARRANGEMENT OF A TIPPING-OVER-PREVENTION OF A CHEST OF DRAWERS, AND A CHEST OF DRAWERS USING SUCH ARRANGEMENT | ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J | — |
| 19064081 | REINFORCED POCKET SPRING MATTRESS | THROOP, MYLES A | — |
| 18865724 | FURNITURE MODULE AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A FURNITURE MODULE | HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE | — |
| 18865419 | FURNITURE MODULE AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A FURNITURE MODULE | HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE | — |
| 18837413 | FORMING AND PRE-PRESSING STATION FOR FORMING A FIBERBOARD FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC FIBERS | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3637 | 6 |
| 3632 | 2 |
| 3679 | 2 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 3688 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19125609 | HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE CHAIR | ABRAHAM, TANIA | 3636 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19121873 | PICTURE FRAME | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 3637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19117618 | CUSHION FOR A SEATING FURNITURE | KEBEDE, GELILA SOLOMON | 3632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19065648 | ARRANGEMENT OF A TIPPING-OVER-PREVENTION OF A CHEST OF DRAWERS, AND A CHEST OF DRAWERS USING SUCH ARRANGEMENT | ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J | 3637 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19064081 | REINFORCED POCKET SPRING MATTRESS | THROOP, MYLES A | 3679 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 18870640 | A DRAWER RUNNER SYSTEM | ARTALEJO, ELIZABETH IRENE | 3637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Nov 29, 2024 |
| 18865724 | FURNITURE MODULE AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A FURNITURE MODULE | HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE | 3637 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18865419 | FURNITURE MODULE AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A FURNITURE MODULE | HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE | 3637 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18837413 | FORMING AND PRE-PRESSING STATION FOR FORMING A FIBERBOARD FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC FIBERS | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 1744 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18721835 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING A PATTERN ON A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE | SEO, JUSTIN | 2853 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18710179 | FURNITURE ARRANGEMENT | ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A | 3679 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18709051 | LOW FRICTION SLIDE SYSTEM | HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE | 3637 | §103 | Final Rejection | 84d | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18579385 | PIECE OF FURNITURE COMPRISING A WEIGHTED STRUCTURAL ELEMENT | SMITH, NKEISHA | 3632 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jan 15, 2024 |
| 17859833 | VIRTUAL RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM | AIRAPETIAN, MILA | 3688 | §103 | Final Rejection | 72d | Pending | Jul 07, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialInter IKEA Systems B.V. has 14 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 12 examiners.
James Orville Hansen has the most, with 3 of Inter IKEA Systems B.V.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
