Technology area: Computing & Software
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Product Development Factory Inc. is currently navigating 2 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These 2 actions are being handled by 1 distinct examiner, which indicates a total concentration of the company's current workload under a single person. Furthermore, the prosecution is limited to 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a very specific technical focus for the pending applications.
The busiest examiner, SANDERS, JOSHUA T, is responsible for 2 pending office actions. Since the total number of pending office actions is 2, this examiner is managing every active case for the company. This high level of concentration in 1 art unit means that the company's immediate patent success is entirely dependent on the decisions of this 1 individual.
For a patent practitioner, this scenario offers the benefit of dealing with only 1 distinct examiner for all 2 pending office actions. It allows for a consistent communication strategy and a unified approach to addressing the requirements of the 1 art unit involved. However, the lack of examiner diversity means there are no alternative pathways or different perspectives currently being applied to the company's software related inventions.
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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 2 | 73.4% | +36.2% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18824318 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING USING AN INTEGRATED SCANNER | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | — |
| 18824339 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER AIDED MATERIAL PROCESSING USING AN INTEGRATED SCANNER | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2119 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18824318 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING USING AN INTEGRATED SCANNER | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 2119 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18824339 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER AIDED MATERIAL PROCESSING USING AN INTEGRATED SCANNER | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 2119 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialProduct Development Factory Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Joshua T Sanders has the most, with 2 of Product Development Factory Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
