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
Jess Tools LLC has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner. The current prosecution activity is concentrated in a single matter, reflecting a highly specific technical focus. This 1 to 1 ratio between the pending action and the examiner indicates a centralized review process for the company's current filing.
James G Sayre is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. This single action constitutes the entire pending workload for the company, as there is only 1 pending office action in the entire portfolio. The portfolio's current status indicates a very narrow and specific interaction with the USPTO. Because the company only deals with 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution outcome is entirely dependent on the interpretation of this one individual. This narrow footprint suggests a very targeted approach to patenting within the mechanical systems sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAYRE, JAMES G | 1 | 84.0% | +12.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19357923 | Post Hole Belling Auger | SAYRE, JAMES G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19357923 | Post Hole Belling Auger | SAYRE, JAMES G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3672 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19357923 | Post Hole Belling Auger | SAYRE, JAMES G | 3672 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialJess Tools LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
James G Sayre has the most, with 1 of Jess Tools LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
