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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Preferred Robotics Inc. is currently prosecuting a portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The company has 1 pending office action, indicating a very focused or specific interaction with the patent office at this time. This single action represents the current hurdle the company must overcome to secure its mechanical innovations and move its application toward allowance.
The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This minimal administrative footprint shows that the company's current legal challenge is confined to a single specialized department within the USPTO. BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. As the sole examiner involved, this individual's specific feedback and review pace are the primary factors determining the portfolio's immediate progress. Practitioners should focus on the particular technical requirements of this one art unit to successfully navigate the current prosecution cycle.
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 |
|---|---|
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | 1 | 88.2% | +11.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18825133 | GENERATION DEVICE, ROBOT, GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | 75d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18825133 | GENERATION DEVICE, ROBOT, GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | 75d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3666 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18825133 | GENERATION DEVICE, ROBOT, GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPreferred Robotics Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Rodney Allen Butler has the most, with 1 of Preferred Robotics Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
