Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Smart Label Solutions LLC

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

Analysis

Smart Label Solutions LLC currently manages 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner working within 1 distinct art unit. The narrow scope of the current pending portfolio suggests a highly focused prosecution effort where all active resources are directed toward a single patent application.

The busiest examiner for the company is OBEID, FAHD A, who is handling 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 pending action in total, this examiner manages the entirety of the company's current active workload at the office. This concentration means that the company's immediate prosecution success in this technology area depends on the interactions with this specific individual, as there is no internal baseline for comparing examiner behavior.

The involvement of 1 distinct art unit reflects a specific technological focus for this pending application. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution process is highly centralized. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific guidelines and historical trends of this single art unit to optimize their approach for the 1 pending office action currently in this examiner's queue.

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

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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
OBEID, FAHD A 1 28.2% +48.5%

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
18830977 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OBEID, FAHD A 42d overdue

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
18830977 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OBEID, FAHD A 42d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3627 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18830977 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OBEID, FAHD A 3627 §102§103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Sep 11, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Smart Label Solutions LLC have?

Smart Label Solutions LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Smart Label Solutions LLC applications?

Fahd A Obeid has the most, with 1 of Smart Label Solutions LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Smart Label Solutions LLC'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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