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
Securitech Group Inc. has a focused prosecution profile with 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single matter is assigned to examiner MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE, who is also the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending action. The portfolio is currently limited to 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner, reflecting a narrow front of active USPTO engagement. This concentration allows the company to focus its legal resources on a single point of review and a specific examiner's history.
Having 1 pending office action in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current intellectual property efforts are highly specialized within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. Because MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE is the only examiner involved, the outcome of the company's current prosecution depends entirely on the interactions with this specific official. This streamlined profile, involving 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, requires a targeted approach to address the specific requirements of the assigned examination group. Practitioners should focus on the examiner's past patterns to navigate this single pending matter effectively.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 1 | 64.6% | +31.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19220663 | TAMPER RESISTANT LOCK SYSTEM | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19220663 | TAMPER RESISTANT LOCK SYSTEM | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialSecuritech Group Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Alyson Marie Merlino has the most, with 1 of Securitech Group Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
