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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mean LLC currently has 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is being processed by 1 distinct examiner, which reflects a narrow focus for the company's current patent activities. The prosecution is localized within a distinct art unit, suggesting that the pending matter falls under a specific technical classification within the broader technology area. This concentration allows for a very targeted approach to the company's intellectual property development.
GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S is the busiest examiner for Mean LLC, managing a pending office action. Because there is only a single pending office action in total, this examiner is responsible for the entire active workload. Practitioners should note that the concentration of the action in a distinct art unit under the identified examiner simplifies the monitoring process for this portfolio. The alignment of the busiest examiner's workload with the total pending actions indicates that no other examiners are currently reviewing applications for Mean LLC, ensuring a consistent point of contact for the company's current legal matters.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S | 1 | 67.0% | +28.4% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19202911 | FIREARM EJECTOR | GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S | 9d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3641 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19202911 | FIREARM EJECTOR | GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S | 3641 | §102 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialMean LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Benjamin S Gomberg has the most, with 1 of Mean LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
