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
Lhd Machinery LLC has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Shelton, Ian Bryce is the examiner assigned to this matter. The case is located within 1 distinct art unit, which defines the technical scope of the current prosecution.
As the busiest examiner, Shelton, Ian Bryce holds the pending action. This concentrated portfolio requires a focused approach to address the specific requirements of the assigned examiner. The prosecution is currently limited to a single art unit and examiner, simplifying the procedural landscape for this company.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHELTON, IAN BRYCE | 1 | 78.0% | +14.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19054674 | MOTORIZED VEHICLES FOR TRANSPORTING MATERIAL | SHELTON, IAN BRYCE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3613 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19054674 | MOTORIZED VEHICLES FOR TRANSPORTING MATERIAL | SHELTON, IAN BRYCE | 3613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialLhd Machinery LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ian Bryce Shelton has the most, with 1 of Lhd Machinery LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
