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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shibumi Shade Inc. has 1 pending office action currently active in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, which centralizes the company's prosecution strategy. With only one matter pending, the applicant can focus their resources on addressing the specific concerns raised by the USPTO in this case.
The busiest examiner, HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER, handles the 1 pending office action. Since this examiner is the only one currently reviewing the company's applications, their individual preferences and interpretations will be the deciding factor in the prosecution's success. The absence of other pending actions means there is no examiner diversity to mitigate the impact of a single negative finding.
The concentration of the workload within a single art unit allows for a more focused analysis of the relevant prior art and examination trends. Practitioners can concentrate their efforts on the specific requirements of HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER without the need to manage multiple sets of examiner expectations. This streamlined approach is well-suited for resolving the sole pending action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | 1 | 61.3% | +22.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18887950 | SHADING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18887950 | SHADING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3636 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18887950 | SHADING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | 3636 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialShibumi Shade Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Noah Chandler Hawk has the most, with 1 of Shibumi Shade Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
