Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Staples Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 3 actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, indicating that each pending application is being reviewed by a unique individual. The portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a focused technical classification for these filings.
The busiest examiner for the company is MYERS, GLENN F, who is currently handling 1 pending office action. Given that there are 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for 1 action. This means MYERS, GLENN F manages 1 action out of the current pending workload for the company. Practitioners will need to engage with 3 distinct examiners, even though all 3 actions are located within 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution strategy must account for the individual perspectives of these 3 examiners while maintaining a consistent approach for the specific art unit involved.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 | 77.8% | +18.8% |
| FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J | 1 | 53.2% | +39.6% |
| GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 68.4% | +21.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
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 |
|---|---|
| 3657 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18970648 | Automated Storage and Retrieval System | MYERS, GLENN F | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18886875 | Automated Operation Tracking, Verification, and Interface Updating System | FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J | — | §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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