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
Mudflap Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners, meaning each pending matter is handled by a different individual. Furthermore, the actions are split across 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's innovations in transportation and e-commerce are being evaluated in different technical departments.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is BEKERMAN, MICHAEL, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. With 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is evenly distributed, and no single examiner has a larger influence over the portfolio than the other. This requires the applicant to manage separate examiner relationships and navigate the specific guidelines of 2 distinct art units. The focus on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems provides the broad technical umbrella for these filings.
Managing 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units requires a versatile prosecution strategy. Since BEKERMAN, MICHAEL and the other examiner each manage only one case, there is no opportunity to consolidate responses under a single person. Practitioners must be mindful of the different perspectives within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector to ensure that the pending actions are resolved effectively. This structure reflects a diverse but small-scale engagement with the patent office.
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 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEKERMAN, MICHAEL | 1 | 32.9% | +30.2% |
| MILLER, JAMES H | 1 | 41.1% | +36.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18785989 | OPEN-LOOP AND CLOSED-LOOP TRANSACTION FLEXIBILITY PROVIDED BY A TRANSACTION-SETTLEMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM | BEKERMAN, MICHAEL | — |
| 18669779 | CARD-BASED TRANSACTION PROCESSING AND SETTLEMENT USING MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC PAYMENT CHANNELS | MILLER, JAMES H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18785989 | OPEN-LOOP AND CLOSED-LOOP TRANSACTION FLEXIBILITY PROVIDED BY A TRANSACTION-SETTLEMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM | BEKERMAN, MICHAEL | — |
| 18669779 | CARD-BASED TRANSACTION PROCESSING AND SETTLEMENT USING MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC PAYMENT CHANNELS | MILLER, JAMES H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3621 | 1 |
| 3694 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18785989 | OPEN-LOOP AND CLOSED-LOOP TRANSACTION FLEXIBILITY PROVIDED BY A TRANSACTION-SETTLEMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM | BEKERMAN, MICHAEL | 3621 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18669779 | CARD-BASED TRANSACTION PROCESSING AND SETTLEMENT USING MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC PAYMENT CHANNELS | MILLER, JAMES H | 3694 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMudflap Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Michael Bekerman has the most, with 1 of Mudflap Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
