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
Mindtickle Inc. currently maintains a patent prosecution profile with 1 pending office action. This matter is situated within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner, ensuring that the company's current interactions with the patent office are focused through a single point of contact. This arrangement simplifies the administrative burden of tracking responses and allows for a focus on the specific requirements of the assigned official. The 1 pending office action represents the firm's current active pipeline.
The activity is further localized within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting the technical scope for the pending intellectual property. SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z serves as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, being responsible for the 1 pending office action. Because this examiner manages the current workload, the outcome of this specific case will define the firm's immediate success rate in this technology sector. Practitioners can focus their resources on the specific examination style of this 1 individual without the need to reconcile feedback from different units.
The presence of a single pending case suggests a focused portfolio. With only 1 examiner and 1 art unit involved, the prosecution environment is predictable. The role of SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z is central to the current strategy, as this examiner holds the only active file. This focused environment minimizes the risk of conflicting requirements from different examiners while the company pursues its 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | 1 | 26.4% | +37.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18498923 | SELLER INTELLIGENCE TOOL TO ASSESS CURRENT SALES AGENT POTENTIAL AND PROVIDE REVENUE POTENTIAL INSIGHTS | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | 78d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18498923 | SELLER INTELLIGENCE TOOL TO ASSESS CURRENT SALES AGENT POTENTIAL AND PROVIDE REVENUE POTENTIAL INSIGHTS | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | 78d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3625 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18498923 | SELLER INTELLIGENCE TOOL TO ASSESS CURRENT SALES AGENT POTENTIAL AND PROVIDE REVENUE POTENTIAL INSIGHTS | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | 3625 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 78d overdue | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMindtickle Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Francis Z Santiago-Merced has the most, with 1 of Mindtickle Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
