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
Kristopher Andrew Tate currently manages 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This structure shows a very direct and centralized prosecution path for the company's current active applications, with no distribution across multiple departments.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is FRUNZI, VICTORIA E., who is overseeing 1 pending office action. Given that the total number of pending actions is 1, this examiner is responsible for the company's entire active workload. This 1 to 1 ratio between the busiest examiner's pending cases and the total portfolio indicates that all current legal efforts are directed through a single individual. There is no variety in the examiner pool for this portfolio.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technical focus of the current filings is highly specific. Practitioners should be aware that there is no variety in examiner assignments or art unit oversight for the 1 pending office action. The prosecution remains focused within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector under the guidance of FRUNZI, VICTORIA E., requiring a strategy tailored to this specific official.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | 1 | 25.3% | +24.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17638598 | COMMODITY EXCHANGE SYSTEM, COMMODITY EXCHANGE METHOD, AND COMMODITY EXCHANGE PROGRAM | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | 23d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17638598 | COMMODITY EXCHANGE SYSTEM, COMMODITY EXCHANGE METHOD, AND COMMODITY EXCHANGE PROGRAM | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | 23d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3689 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17638598 | COMMODITY EXCHANGE SYSTEM, COMMODITY EXCHANGE METHOD, AND COMMODITY EXCHANGE PROGRAM | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | 3689 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Feb 25, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialKristopher Andrew Tate has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Victoria E. Frunzi has the most, with 1 of Kristopher Andrew Tate's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
