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
Nsc Beef Processing LLC currently manages 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, indicating that the application is being reviewed by a single individual. The prosecution is organized across 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the company's filing in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector is situated within a specific technical category.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This represents the highest concentration of workload for any single examiner, accounting for the entirety of the 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's immediate prosecution outcome depends on the review of this individual.
The use of 1 distinct art unit for 1 pending office action indicates a high degree of technical focus within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. With only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company can maintain a singular and consistent dialogue with the patent office. The presence of 1 busiest examiner pending office action under PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS provides a point of total consolidation for the company's current prosecution efforts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | 1 | 87.4% | +5.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19019240 | ANIMAL CARCASS APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING BEEF WITH THE APPARATUS | PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3643 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19019240 | ANIMAL CARCASS APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING BEEF WITH THE APPARATUS | PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | 3643 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialNsc Beef Processing LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Richard Thomas Price Jr. has the most, with 1 of Nsc Beef Processing LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
