Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sabanto Inc. currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, indicating a fragmented prosecution landscape where each matter is handled by a different individual. Such a one to one ratio between actions and examiners suggests that the company does not currently benefit from examiner-specific institutional knowledge across multiple filings.
KUNTZ, JEWEL A is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, though they are only responsible for 1 pending office action. The fact that even the busiest examiner holds only 1 action reinforces the observation of a broad spread across the USPTO. Practitioners should prepare for diverse stylistic preferences and varying levels of examiner experience, as the 4 distinct art units likely involve different internal policies and examination standards. This distribution requires a versatile legal strategy that can adapt to the specific requirements of 4 separate art units simultaneously.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUNTZ, JEWEL A | 1 | 70.8% | +17.5% |
| LEVY, MERRITT E | 1 | 31.7% | +35.6% |
| ROBINSON, KITO R | 1 | 62.3% | +38.9% |
| IVEY, DANA DESHAWN | 1 | 88.5% | +6.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18343891 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED OPERATION OF A WORKING VEHICLE | IVEY, DANA DESHAWN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19285124 | METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING PATH PLANNING FOR AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES | KUNTZ, JEWEL A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19285124 | METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING PATH PLANNING FOR AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES | KUNTZ, JEWEL A | — |
| 19225110 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED OPERATION OF A WORKING VEHICLE | LEVY, MERRITT E | — |
| 18343843 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED OPERATION OF A WORKING VEHICLE | ROBINSON, KITO R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3666 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 3664 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19285124 | METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING PATH PLANNING FOR AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES | KUNTZ, JEWEL A | 3666 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19225110 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED OPERATION OF A WORKING VEHICLE | LEVY, MERRITT E | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 18343843 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED OPERATION OF A WORKING VEHICLE | ROBINSON, KITO R | 3664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18343891 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED OPERATION OF A WORKING VEHICLE | IVEY, DANA DESHAWN | 3662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSabanto Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Jewel A Kuntz has the most, with 1 of Sabanto Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
