Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pillar Corporation is addressing 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating that each case is being handled by a unique examiner in a unique technical group. This distribution suggests the 2 pending applications involve different aspects of mechanical systems. Practitioners should focus on the specific examiner and art unit for each case, as the 2 distinct examiners will likely have different approaches to the 2 pending matters.
CUMAR, NATHAN is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action. With only 2 pending office actions in total, the prosecution effort is small and highly individualized. Counsel should prepare for two different examination styles, as the 2 distinct art units may apply different standards to the mechanical engineering claims. The presence of 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions ensures that the company receives a variety of perspectives on its transportation and mechanical innovations during the prosecution process.
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 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUMAR, NATHAN | 1 | 78.8% | +14.6% |
| AURORA, REENA | 1 | 87.1% | -13.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18915664 | LIQUID SENSOR AND DETECTION METHOD | AURORA, REENA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19147414 | MECHANICAL SEAL | CUMAR, NATHAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19147414 | MECHANICAL SEAL | CUMAR, NATHAN | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 18915664 | LIQUID SENSOR AND DETECTION METHOD | AURORA, REENA | 2858 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPillar Corporation has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Nathan Cumar has the most, with 1 of Pillar Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
