Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Macpaw Inc.

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

Analysis

Macpaw Inc. operates in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area with 1 pending office action. This matter is handled by WEBB III, JAMES L, who serves as the busiest examiner for the portfolio. Prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit and involves 1 distinct examiner.

This concentrated activity suggests a specific technical focus for the current pending matter. Practitioners should focus their strategy on the requirements of this individual examiner and the specific practices of the assigned art unit. The presence of only a single examiner and art unit indicates that the company's current prosecution efforts are highly targeted within its technology area.

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
§101 only1 (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
WEBB III, JAMES L 1 14.1% +22.3%

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
19005217 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING APPLICATIONS DISTRIBUTED BY A SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM WEBB III, JAMES L 24d overdue

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19005217 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING APPLICATIONS DISTRIBUTED BY A SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM WEBB III, JAMES L 24d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19005217 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING APPLICATIONS DISTRIBUTED BY A SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM WEBB III, JAMES L 3624 §101 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2024

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