Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Payfree GmbH has 1 pending office action currently active in the Communications technology area. This prosecution activity is localized within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a narrow technical scope for the company's current patent efforts. The review process is being conducted by 1 distinct examiner, which centralizes the interaction with the patent office for this specific application.
GIRMA, FEKADESELASS is identified as the busiest examiner for Payfree GmbH, with 1 pending office action under their review. Since there is only 1 distinct examiner involved in the portfolio's current activity, the company's success in the Communications area depends on addressing the specific requirements of this individual. The alignment of 1 pending office action and 1 distinct art unit suggests a straightforward prosecution path. Practitioners should focus on the 1 pending office action and the feedback provided by GIRMA, FEKADESELASS to advance the portfolio. This concentration within 1 distinct art unit simplifies the technical focus required for success.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIRMA, FEKADESELASS | 1 | 77.0% | +17.4% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19232196 | ELECTRONIC RETAIL SELF-CHECKOUT SYSTEM | GIRMA, FEKADESELASS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2689 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19232196 | ELECTRONIC RETAIL SELF-CHECKOUT SYSTEM | GIRMA, FEKADESELASS | 2689 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialPayfree GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Fekadeselass Girma has the most, with 1 of Payfree GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
