Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Pb Inc.

Technology area: Networking & Security

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Pb Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This action represents the active prosecution focus for the company at the USPTO. The focus on Networking & Security indicates that the company is pursuing protection for digital or communication innovations. Practitioners should be aware of the technical complexity inherent in this technology area.

The pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and a distinct art unit. The alignment of the action with a distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit suggests a highly centralized examination process. There is no fragmentation of the portfolio across different departments, which can often lead to more consistent prosecution outcomes. This structure allows for a focused strategy within the specific art unit involved.

RECEK, JASON D is the busiest examiner, handling the busiest examiner pending action. Since there is only a distinct examiner for the entire portfolio, RECEK, JASON D is the sole point of contact for the company's current USPTO matters. This centralization allows for a direct interaction model. Practitioners can dedicate their efforts to the specific requirements of RECEK, JASON D to resolve the pending office action.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Double-patenting + other1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
100% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RECEK, JASON D 1 70.9% +22.4%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18798663 RADIOTAG DEVICES WITH SEAMLESS MULTI-PLATFORM SUPPORT RECEK, JASON D —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2458 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18798663 RADIOTAG DEVICES WITH SEAMLESS MULTI-PLATFORM SUPPORT RECEK, JASON D 2458 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2024

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