Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Schaffert Manufacturing Company Inc.

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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Schaffert Manufacturing Company Inc. has 1 pending office action in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matter is assigned to 1 examiner and 1 art unit, concentrating prosecution activity in one technical channel.

MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE is the busiest examiner and handles the pending matter. Counsel can focus on that examiner’s treatment of the mechanical-system claims.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 1 73.6% +16.0%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18954264 CLOSING WHEEL WITH RIM MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18954264 CLOSING WHEEL WITH RIM MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3671 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18954264 CLOSING WHEEL WITH RIM MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 3671 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Schaffert Manufacturing Company Inc. have?

Schaffert Manufacturing Company Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Schaffert Manufacturing Company Inc. applications?

Jamie Louise Mcgowan has the most, with 1 of Schaffert Manufacturing Company Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Schaffert Manufacturing Company Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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