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
Lafayette Bay Products LLC currently manages 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This 1 pending office action is under the review of 1 distinct examiner, HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE. As the only examiner involved, HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE is also the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The portfolio's activity is limited to 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated technical focus within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
The presence of 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner means that the prosecution strategy is very streamlined. Practitioners do not have to manage multiple examiner preferences or the procedural differences between various art units. Instead, they can focus on the specific examination style of HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE for the 1 busiest examiner pending action. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the underlying technology is highly specialized. With only 1 pending office action, the administrative burden is low, allowing for a dedicated approach to securing patent rights in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. This 1:1:1 ratio of actions to examiners to art units provides a clear and direct path for the current prosecution.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | 1 | 32.1% | +30.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18805330 | ANIMAL FEEDING APPARATUS | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18805330 | ANIMAL FEEDING APPARATUS | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3647 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18805330 | ANIMAL FEEDING APPARATUS | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | 3647 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialLafayette Bay Products LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Erica Michelle Huebner has the most, with 1 of Lafayette Bay Products LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
