Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Rehrig Pacific Company

Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

10 pending office actions • 9 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Rehrig Pacific Company has 11 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 9 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units, showing repeated assignment at both levels while maintaining a broad spread across the recorded docket.

ING, MATTHEW W is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. This is the clearest examiner-level concentration in the available data. Counsel may review those matters together for recurring objections or effective amendments, while separately addressing the other examiner and art-unit relationships.

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

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

5
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (30%)
2
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (30%)
§103 only3 (30%)
Double-patenting only2 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
4
Communications
40% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
60% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ING, MATTHEW W 2 64.7% +8.4%
GIRMA, FEKADESELASS 1 77.0% +17.4%
RANDAZZO, THOMAS 1 86.8% +12.3%
MEMON, OWAIS IQBAL 1 78.5% +14.1%
FRY, PATRICK B 1 54.1% +8.2%
MOTSINGER, SEAN T 1 78.6% +11.8%
ISLAM, SANJIDUL 1 62.1% +40.5%
KHAN, USMAN A 1 75.0% +11.8%
FRICK, EMMA K 1 70.7% +20.1%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19030106 DELIVERY SYSTEM RANDAZZO, THOMAS —
18937642 KEG DELIVERY PALLET ING, MATTHEW W —
18931938 BAKERY TRAY VALIDATION SYSTEM MEMON, OWAIS IQBAL —
18608431 HIGH SPEED WRAPPER FRY, PATRICK B —
18394455 DELIVERY SYSTEM MOTSINGER, SEAN T —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17844458 POWERED SLED FRICK, EMMA K 20d
19301270 PALLET SLED AND DELIVERY SYSTEM GIRMA, FEKADESELASS —
19030106 DELIVERY SYSTEM RANDAZZO, THOMAS —
18931938 BAKERY TRAY VALIDATION SYSTEM MEMON, OWAIS IQBAL —
18394455 DELIVERY SYSTEM MOTSINGER, SEAN T —
18381148 CONTAINERS FOR OIL BOTTLES OR THE LIKE ISLAM, SANJIDUL —
18083764 MOBILE CAMERA FOR VALIDATION OF SKUs OF A STACK OF PRODUCTS KHAN, USMAN A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3637 2
2689 1
3629 1
2663 1
3731 1
2673 1
3736 1
2637 1
3613 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19301270 PALLET SLED AND DELIVERY SYSTEM GIRMA, FEKADESELASS 2689 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2025
19030106 DELIVERY SYSTEM RANDAZZO, THOMAS 3629 §101DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18990734 KEG PALLET ING, MATTHEW W 3637 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18937642 KEG DELIVERY PALLET ING, MATTHEW W 3637 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 05, 2024
18931938 BAKERY TRAY VALIDATION SYSTEM MEMON, OWAIS IQBAL 2663 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2024
18608431 HIGH SPEED WRAPPER FRY, PATRICK B 3731 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 18, 2024
18394455 DELIVERY SYSTEM MOTSINGER, SEAN T 2673 §101§102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 22, 2023
18381148 CONTAINERS FOR OIL BOTTLES OR THE LIKE ISLAM, SANJIDUL 3736 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 17, 2023
18083764 MOBILE CAMERA FOR VALIDATION OF SKUs OF A STACK OF PRODUCTS KHAN, USMAN A 2637 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 19, 2022
17844458 POWERED SLED FRICK, EMMA K 3613 DP Final Rejection 20d Pending Jun 20, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Rehrig Pacific Company have?

Rehrig Pacific Company has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 9 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Rehrig Pacific Company applications?

Matthew W Ing has the most, with 2 of Rehrig Pacific Company's pending office actions.

What technology area are Rehrig Pacific Company's patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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