Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Staples Inc. has 4 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are assigned to 4 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units, showing examiner dispersion and some technical-group overlap.
MYERS, GLENN F is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should maintain separate examiner preparation while comparing the records of matters assigned within the same art-unit structure.
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 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MYERS, GLENN F | 1 | 77.9% | +18.8% |
| WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | 1 | 71.7% | +7.6% |
| FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J | 1 | 53.2% | +39.6% |
| GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 66.1% | +22.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18970648 | Automated Storage and Retrieval System | MYERS, GLENN F | — |
| 18908410 | Automated Robotic Multi-Line Picking Buffer Carousel Station | WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | — |
| 18886875 | Automated Operation Tracking, Verification, and Interface Updating System | FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 18659678 | Robotic Multi-Pick Detection | GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18970648 | Automated Storage and Retrieval System | MYERS, GLENN F | — |
| 18886875 | Automated Operation Tracking, Verification, and Interface Updating System | FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 18659678 | Robotic Multi-Pick Detection | GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3652 | 1 |
| 2174 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18970648 | Automated Storage and Retrieval System | MYERS, GLENN F | 3652 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18908410 | Automated Robotic Multi-Line Picking Buffer Carousel Station | WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18886875 | Automated Operation Tracking, Verification, and Interface Updating System | FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J | 2174 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18659678 | Robotic Multi-Pick Detection | GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER | 3657 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialStaples Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Glenn F Myers has the most, with 1 of Staples Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
