Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Leer Group

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 • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Leer Group currently has 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single action is assigned to a distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, as they are responsible for the 1 pending office action currently active.

The concentration of the portfolio into a single art unit and a single examiner means that the current prosecution success in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems is tied to a single point of review. ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE manages the entirety of the current workload at the office. Practitioners should focus on the specific examiner's history, as there are no other active matters to provide a baseline for comparison within this portfolio.

With only a single pending matter, the administrative burden is low, but the strategic importance of the assigned individual is high. The 1 distinct art unit involved will dictate the procedural norms for this case. Because the busiest examiner is the only one mentioned, their individual tendencies will be the primary factor in the prosecution of the current application in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE 1 84.6% +6.1%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18381286 Adjustable Bedslide Deck ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE 71d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3612 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18381286 Adjustable Bedslide Deck ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE 3612 §102§112 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2023

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