Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Rs Flexscreen LLC manages a patent portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area with 2 pending office actions. Both of these actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner and are located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates an extremely concentrated prosecution strategy where all active matters are being handled by the same individual. The involvement of only 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current filings are focused on a very specific technical niche.
MASSAD, ABE L is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. Since the total number of pending office actions is also 2, this single examiner is responsible for the company's entire active workload at the USPTO. This concentration allows for a consistent examination experience across the 2 pending office actions but also centralizes the risk associated with a single examiner's decisions. Practitioners should focus on the specific preferences of MASSAD, ABE L to move these cases forward.
The data reflects a prosecution profile that is not diversified across multiple examiners or art units. With 2 pending office actions being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, the company has a singular point of contact for its current intellectual property efforts. This arrangement simplifies the administrative burden of tracking 2 pending office actions but means that the company's success in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector is currently tied to the feedback from 1 distinct art unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MASSAD, ABE L | 2 | 56.7% | +65.7% |
| SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 1 | 54.5% | +39.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17617228 | Improved Methods of Manufacturing Flexible Screen Frames | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18275260 | CAMBERED WINDOW AND DOOR SCREENS | MASSAD, ABE L | 8d overdue |
| 17516683 | Screen Installation Improvements | MASSAD, ABE L | 2d overdue |
| 17617228 | Improved Methods of Manufacturing Flexible Screen Frames | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18275260 | CAMBERED WINDOW AND DOOR SCREENS | MASSAD, ABE L | 3634 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
| 17617228 | Improved Methods of Manufacturing Flexible Screen Frames | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 3634 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2021 |
| 17516683 | Screen Installation Improvements | MASSAD, ABE L | 3634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Nov 01, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialRs Flexscreen LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Abe L Massad has the most, with 2 of Rs Flexscreen LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
