Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Springfield Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit. FREEMAN, JOSHUA E is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter.
The shared art-unit assignment allows direct comparison of the two prosecution records, including claim terminology and cited references. Because the examiners are distinct, counsel should still tailor each response to the individual findings. The small docket supports a focused review without a need for broader portfolio segmentation.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | 1 | 82.0% | +12.1% |
| WEBER, JONATHAN C | 1 | 64.7% | +28.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19206769 | FIREARM SIGHTS AND ASSEMBLIES | FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | 5d |
| 19203624 | FIREARM BOTTOM METAL | WEBER, JONATHAN C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19206769 | FIREARM SIGHTS AND ASSEMBLIES | FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | 5d |
| 19203624 | FIREARM BOTTOM METAL | WEBER, JONATHAN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3641 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19206769 | FIREARM SIGHTS AND ASSEMBLIES | FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | 3641 | §101§102Other | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19203624 | FIREARM BOTTOM METAL | WEBER, JONATHAN C | 3641 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialSpringfield Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Joshua E Freeman has the most, with 1 of Springfield Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
