Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Musco Corporation currently has 4 pending office actions active within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, which means that each case is receiving an independent review from a different official. This decentralized approach is also reflected in the organizational structure, as the matters are spread across 4 distinct art units. This one-to-one ratio between examiners and art units suggests that the company's mechanical system innovations are diverse enough to trigger reviews from multiple specialized groups. The sector often involves complex mechanical frameworks that require a versatile legal approach.
The busiest examiner, FEREJA, SAMUEL D, is currently responsible for 1 pending office action. In a portfolio where 4 distinct examiners each handle exactly one case, the workload is perfectly balanced across the 4 pending office actions. For the applicant, this means that the prosecution strategy must be tailored to four different sets of examiner expectations and art unit standards. There is no single bottleneck, as the 1 pending office action per examiner ensures that the company's legal team must engage with 4 distinct art units simultaneously. This distribution ensures that each of the 4 pending office actions receives dedicated attention.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEREJA, SAMUEL D | 1 | 75.0% | +10.1% |
| MASINICK, JONATHAN PETER | 1 | 68.6% | +33.5% |
| GUAN, GUANG H | 1 | 59.7% | +54.9% |
| FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 1 | 63.3% | +73.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18417106 | AIMING BRACKET AND AIMING PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR RETROFITTING A LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH LED LIGHTS | GUAN, GUANG H | — |
| 18417115 | AIMING PLATE | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19048204 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MONITORING FACILITY POPULATION AND ACTIVITY | FEREJA, SAMUEL D | 15d |
| 18426470 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MOBILE OR TEMPORARY FENCING | MASINICK, JONATHAN PETER | 15d |
| 18417106 | AIMING BRACKET AND AIMING PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR RETROFITTING A LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH LED LIGHTS | GUAN, GUANG H | — |
| 18417115 | AIMING PLATE | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2487 | 1 |
| 3678 | 1 |
| 3631 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19048204 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MONITORING FACILITY POPULATION AND ACTIVITY | FEREJA, SAMUEL D | 2487 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 18426470 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MOBILE OR TEMPORARY FENCING | MASINICK, JONATHAN PETER | 3678 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18417106 | AIMING BRACKET AND AIMING PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR RETROFITTING A LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH LED LIGHTS | GUAN, GUANG H | 3631 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18417115 | AIMING PLATE | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 3619 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMusco Corporation has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Samuel D Fereja has the most, with 1 of Musco Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
