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
Restco Roofing Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, Eret C McNichols. The portfolio's activity is limited to 1 distinct art unit, indicating a highly concentrated technical focus for the company's current intellectual property efforts. Practitioners should note that the entire pending workload is confined to this specific technical domain.
The busiest examiner, Eret C McNichols, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there is only one such matter across the entire portfolio, the prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the interactions within the 1 distinct art unit. The alignment of a single examiner and a single art unit for the pending action creates a very direct prosecution path. Practitioners should focus their efforts on the specific requirements of the assigned official, as this individual manages the company's current pending workload. Success will likely hinge on addressing the examiner's specific concerns within the context of the assigned art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCNICHOLS, ERET C | 1 | 75.0% | -15.6% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3632 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19064382 | PARAPET BRACKET AND METHOD OF USING THEREOF | MCNICHOLS, ERET C | 3632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialRestco Roofing Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Eret C Mcnichols has the most, with 1 of Restco Roofing Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
