Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Shtar LLC currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This volume of activity indicates that the company is actively pursuing multiple patent applications within the transportation and mechanical sectors. The focus on e-commerce suggests that the company's legal strategy is centered on commercial and technical innovations.
These 2 pending office actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that each application is being evaluated independently in a different specialized environment at the USPTO. The lack of overlap between examiners and art units requires the company to manage two unique prosecution tracks, each with its own set of examiner behaviors and technical standards.
Zelaskiewicz, Chrystina E is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 pending office actions in total, this examiner is responsible for one of the active matters. Practitioners should be prepared to address two different perspectives across the transportation and mechanical divisions to successfully advance the company's patent interests.
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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E | 1 | 33.3% | +36.0% |
| HILMANTEL, ADAM J | 1 | 40.4% | +28.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17967874 | SECURE TRANSACTION NETWORKS | ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E | — |
| 16802553 | AUTOMATED TRANSACTION PROCESSING | HILMANTEL, ADAM J | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17967874 | SECURE TRANSACTION NETWORKS | ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E | — |
| 16802553 | AUTOMATED TRANSACTION PROCESSING | HILMANTEL, ADAM J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3699 | 1 |
| 3691 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17967874 | SECURE TRANSACTION NETWORKS | ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E | 3699 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2022 |
| 16802553 | AUTOMATED TRANSACTION PROCESSING | HILMANTEL, ADAM J | 3691 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialShtar LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Chrystina E Zelaskiewicz has the most, with 1 of Shtar LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
