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
S S Steiner Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The prosecution is restricted to 1 distinct art unit, which defines the current technical focus.
With 1 busiest examiner pending action, the portfolio currently has a single point of contact within the patent office. This 1 distinct examiner handles the only pending matter, meaning the prosecution strategy is centralized. Such a structure allows for a direct relationship with HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R but also ties the portfolio's success to the interpretation of 1 individual within the 1 distinct art unit.
The presence of 1 pending office action suggests that the company is not currently managing a high volume of diverse technical claims. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the 1 distinct examiner, as HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R handles the entirety of the company's pending workload. This 1 to 1 ratio between actions and examiners simplifies the management of the portfolio but limits the variety of examiner feedback available in the Transportation area.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | 1 | 83.8% | +8.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19066338 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE TO PROCESS PLANTS AND REMOVE COMPONENTS THEREFROM | HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3672 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19066338 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE TO PROCESS PLANTS AND REMOVE COMPONENTS THEREFROM | HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | 3672 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialS S Steiner Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Cathleen R Hutchins has the most, with 1 of S S Steiner Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
