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
Pillar Innovations LLC is currently engaged in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio shows 1 pending office action, which reflects the current volume of active examination for the company's filings. This single pending action suggests that the company is currently navigating a specific stage of the patenting process for a limited number of applications, rather than managing a broad array of simultaneous disputes or filings across different mechanical systems.
The examination of these filings is confined to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. JONES, JAMES WILLIAM is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. Because this examiner is the sole individual responsible for the company's pending workload, the outcome of the current prosecution is entirely dependent on their review. The presence of 1 distinct art unit indicates that the technical focus of the pending work is narrow and specialized. This concentration provides an opportunity for a highly focused prosecution strategy that targets the specific requirements of this single examiner and their respective art unit, which may help in securing patent protection more efficiently.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | 1 | 73.9% | +20.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18119893 | Railyard Switch Run Through Electronic Detection and Alarm System | JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | 4d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18119893 | Railyard Switch Run Through Electronic Detection and Alarm System | JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | 4d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18119893 | Railyard Switch Run Through Electronic Detection and Alarm System | JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | 3615 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 10, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPillar Innovations LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
James William Jones has the most, with 1 of Pillar Innovations LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
