Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Maxon Industries Inc. is currently navigating 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio is distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating a breadth of technical subject matter even within this single technology sector. This distribution is mirrored by the involvement of 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that no single individual controls the entirety of the company's pending intellectual property.
KEENAN, JAMES W is identified as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since this 1 action represents a portion of the 2 total pending office actions, the company's success is split between different examination paths. This diversification across 2 distinct art units and 2 distinct examiners provides a varied prosecution experience. The involvement of 2 distinct examiners for the 2 pending office actions suggests that the company's strategy is decentralized.
This approach reduces the impact of any single examiner's specific tendencies on the overall portfolio health. By engaging with 2 distinct art units, the company also benefits from exposure to different departmental standards and procedures at the USPTO. The role of KEENAN, JAMES W as the busiest examiner involves 1 pending office action, which is the same count as the other examiner involved in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems portfolio.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEENAN, JAMES W | 1 | 66.9% | +24.2% |
| PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM | 1 | 84.2% | +27.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18991036 | All Encompassing Columnar Lift Assembly | PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19000996 | TORSION BAR BRACKET WITH BUSHING | KEENAN, JAMES W | — |
| 18991036 | All Encompassing Columnar Lift Assembly | PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3655 | 1 |
| 3652 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19000996 | TORSION BAR BRACKET WITH BUSHING | KEENAN, JAMES W | 3655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18991036 | All Encompassing Columnar Lift Assembly | PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM | 3652 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMaxon Industries Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
James W Keenan has the most, with 1 of Maxon Industries Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
