Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

L'Garde Inc.

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

L'Garde Inc. has 4 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Each action is assigned to a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, showing separate examination paths across the available portfolio.

HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The data supports a file-specific prosecution approach, with responses tailored to each examiner and technical classification rather than a shared examiner strategy.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

2
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL 1 72.3% +14.4%
RASHID, HARUNUR 1 75.9% +36.2%
YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW 1 77.8% +14.3%
BARLOW, ADAM G 1 70.8% +19.6%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18035533 Light Weight, Low Stowed Volume, Space Deployable Batten-less Truss BARLOW, ADAM G 60d overdue
19296187 CONNECTION ASSEMBLY YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18035533 Light Weight, Low Stowed Volume, Space Deployable Batten-less Truss BARLOW, ADAM G 60d overdue
19356490 Automatic Vane Controller for Solar Sail HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL —
19298964 AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WINDOWS SYSTEMS RASHID, HARUNUR —
19296187 CONNECTION ASSEMBLY YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3665 1
2497 1
3642 1
3633 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19356490 Automatic Vane Controller for Solar Sail HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL 3665 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 13, 2025
19298964 AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WINDOWS SYSTEMS RASHID, HARUNUR 2497 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 13, 2025
19296187 CONNECTION ASSEMBLY YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW 3642 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 11, 2025
18035533 Light Weight, Low Stowed Volume, Space Deployable Batten-less Truss BARLOW, ADAM G 3633 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending May 05, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does L'Garde Inc. have?

L'Garde Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most L'Garde Inc. applications?

Harrison James Riel Heflin has the most, with 1 of L'Garde Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are L'Garde Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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