Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sita B V currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These are handled by 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The busiest examiner is BILODEAU, DUSTIN E, who is responsible for 1 pending office action.
The 2 pending office actions are spread across 2 distinct examiners, each in a different art unit. This distribution suggests a diversified prosecution strategy within the Communications sector. Practitioners must navigate the specific requirements of 2 different examiners to resolve the 2 pending office actions currently active.
Since BILODEAU, DUSTIN E is responsible for 1 pending office action, the workload is evenly split between the 2 distinct examiners. The presence of 2 distinct art units indicates that the 2 pending office actions are being reviewed in different technical contexts. This requires a flexible approach to accommodate the distinct procedural tendencies of the 2 examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BILODEAU, DUSTIN E | 1 | 88.7% | +8.5% |
| TIGHE, BRENDAN P | 1 | 76.2% | +19.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18927078 | ARTICLE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR | BILODEAU, DUSTIN E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18316738 | DEVICE FOR MOVING AN ARTICLE | TIGHE, BRENDAN P | 8d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18316738 | DEVICE FOR MOVING AN ARTICLE | TIGHE, BRENDAN P | 8d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2664 | 1 |
| 3652 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18927078 | ARTICLE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR | BILODEAU, DUSTIN E | 2664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18316738 | DEVICE FOR MOVING AN ARTICLE | TIGHE, BRENDAN P | 3652 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | May 12, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSita B V has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Dustin E Bilodeau has the most, with 1 of Sita B V's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
