Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Optex Co., Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are handled by 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. MULL, FRED H is the busiest examiner, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action.
This distribution shows that while there are multiple examiners involved, they are working within only 2 art units. This profile indicates a varied but somewhat localized prosecution effort for the company's current mechanical innovations.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULL, FRED H | 1 | 67.8% | +15.8% |
| THATCHER, CLINT A | 1 | 80.0% | +12.6% |
| QI, ZHENGQING J | 1 | 68.0% | +12.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18718613 | LASER SCANNING SENSOR | THATCHER, CLINT A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18869766 | VEHICLE DETECTION SENSOR AND VEHICLE DETECTION SENSOR PROGRAM | MULL, FRED H | — |
| 18717080 | SENSING SENSOR | QI, ZHENGQING J | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18869766 | VEHICLE DETECTION SENSOR AND VEHICLE DETECTION SENSOR PROGRAM | MULL, FRED H | — |
| 18718613 | LASER SCANNING SENSOR | THATCHER, CLINT A | — |
| 18717080 | SENSING SENSOR | QI, ZHENGQING J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3648 | 1 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18869766 | VEHICLE DETECTION SENSOR AND VEHICLE DETECTION SENSOR PROGRAM | MULL, FRED H | 3648 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18718613 | LASER SCANNING SENSOR | THATCHER, CLINT A | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18717080 | SENSING SENSOR | QI, ZHENGQING J | 3645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialOptex Co., Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Fred H Mull has the most, with 1 of Optex Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
