Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sphero Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Communications. The matters involve 2 examiners across 2 art units, indicating separate examination assignments.
WASHINGTON, JAMARES is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Counsel should tailor each response to its own examiner and art-unit context rather than assuming uniform treatment.
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 only | 1 (33%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | 1 | 81.7% | +16.9% |
| WASHINGTON, JAMARES | 1 | 81.3% | +11.5% |
| WASEL, MOHAMED A | 1 | 89.9% | +11.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19038085 | INDUCTIVE COUPLING ACROSS A MOVING BOUNDARY OF A MOBILE DEVICE | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — |
| 18957014 | SELF-PROPELLED DEVICE WITH COLOR DIFFERENTIATED FUNCTIONS | WASHINGTON, JAMARES | — |
| 18751324 | ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS | WASEL, MOHAMED A | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19038085 | INDUCTIVE COUPLING ACROSS A MOVING BOUNDARY OF A MOBILE DEVICE | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — |
| 18957014 | SELF-PROPELLED DEVICE WITH COLOR DIFFERENTIATED FUNCTIONS | WASHINGTON, JAMARES | — |
| 18751324 | ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS | WASEL, MOHAMED A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 1 |
| 2681 | 1 |
| 2454 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19038085 | INDUCTIVE COUPLING ACROSS A MOVING BOUNDARY OF A MOBILE DEVICE | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | 3615 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18957014 | SELF-PROPELLED DEVICE WITH COLOR DIFFERENTIATED FUNCTIONS | WASHINGTON, JAMARES | 2681 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18751324 | ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS | WASEL, MOHAMED A | 2454 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSphero Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Robert J Mccarry Jr. has the most, with 1 of Sphero Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
