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
Sportwaves Unlimited Inc. is currently prosecuting 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce and Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a scope of active patent work at the USPTO. The activity within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technology is specialized within the mechanical systems domain, requiring a specific technical understanding from the examiner.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is EPPS, TODD MICHAEL, who holds the 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's immediate patent outcomes are tied to the decisions of this specific individual. Practitioners should tailor their strategy to the examination style of EPPS, TODD MICHAEL to resolve the 1 pending office action efficiently. Success in the Transportation, E-Commerce and Mechanical Systems space for this portfolio depends on addressing the specific requirements of this examiner. The presence of the active workload under one reviewer allows for a direct prosecution strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPPS, TODD MICHAEL | 1 | 72.6% | +7.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18905429 | Equipment Hanging Device | EPPS, TODD MICHAEL | 51d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3632 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18905429 | Equipment Hanging Device | EPPS, TODD MICHAEL | 3632 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 51d overdue | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSportwaves Unlimited Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Todd Michael Epps has the most, with 1 of Sportwaves Unlimited Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
