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
Mason-Grey Corporation has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD. As the sole examiner for the portfolio, MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD is also the busiest examiner, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. The prosecution is currently limited to 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a highly focused presence for the company within the USPTO's Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems division.
For the legal team, having 1 pending office action with 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit simplifies the prosecution landscape. There is no need to reconcile different examiner styles or art unit practices, as all activity is funneled through MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD. This concentration allows for a very direct and focused communication strategy regarding the 1 pending office action. The fact that 1 distinct art unit is involved suggests that the technology being patented is closely related and fits within a specific niche of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. Practitioners can focus entirely on the 1 busiest examiner pending action without the complexity of a larger portfolio. This 1:1:1 ratio of actions to examiners to art units ensures a highly efficient and focused prosecution landscape.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | 1 | 84.1% | +11.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18804709 | MINERAL SEPARATION SYSTEM | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18804709 | MINERAL SEPARATION SYSTEM | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18804709 | MINERAL SEPARATION SYSTEM | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | 3653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMason-Grey Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Terrell Howard Matthews has the most, with 1 of Mason-Grey Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
