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
Otls Elevator Company operates with 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This prosecution activity involves a single distinct examiner and a solitary distinct art unit. The limited number of pending actions suggests a very specific or early-stage patenting effort within the elevator and transportation sector. This concentration allows for a very focused legal strategy but lacks the breadth seen in larger portfolios.
AUSTIN ZIJIAN XU is the busiest examiner, currently managing a single pending office action. This action accounts for the total pending volume for the company. The presence of only a single distinct art unit indicates that the company's current legal focus is concentrated within a single specialized group at the patent office. With only a single distinct examiner involved, the company's immediate patent prospects are tied to the findings of this individual.
The busiest examiner pending count of 1 is consistent with the total of pending office actions, showing that there are no other active matters to manage. This simplicity in the portfolio means that the company can dedicate its full attention to this single prosecution thread. However, it also means there is no internal data from other art units to help inform the strategy for this specific case.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| XU, AUSTIN ZIJIAN | 1 | — | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19395320 | LOCK HOOK ASSEMBLY, DOOR HANGING PLATE ASSEMBLY, HALL DOOR LOCK DEVICE, AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM | XU, AUSTIN ZIJIAN | 3654 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialOtls Elevator Company has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Austin Zijian Xu has the most, with 1 of Otls Elevator Company's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
