Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rolapal Limited has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 pending office actions are split between 2 distinct examiners. The workload is also divided across 2 distinct art units, showing no departmental concentration. BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This is one of the 2 pending office actions active for the company. The other action is handled by the second of the 2 distinct examiners.
Managing 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct art units requires Rolapal Limited to adapt to different technical standards. The involvement of 2 distinct examiners means the company must also address two separate sets of examiner expectations within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. This structure, featuring 2 pending office actions in 2 distinct art units, prevents the development of a single, unified prosecution track. Instead, the company must tailor its strategy to the specific requirements of BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J and the other distinct examiner. Managing these 2 pending office actions independently ensures that the unique technical aspects of each application are addressed within their respective art units. The involvement of 2 distinct examiners for only 2 pending office actions provides a diverse range of feedback for the portfolio.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | 1 | 81.9% | +7.2% |
| MEDANI, MOHAMED | 1 | 71.1% | +26.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18994125 | A CUSHION | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18012745 | A Seat | MEDANI, MOHAMED | 60d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3636 | 1 |
| 3611 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18994125 | A CUSHION | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | 3636 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18012745 | A Seat | MEDANI, MOHAMED | 3611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialRolapal Limited has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Timothy J Brindley has the most, with 1 of Rolapal Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
