Technology area: Communications
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Star Co. Scientific Technologies Advanced Research Co. LLC D/B/A Star Co. has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The portfolio's current activity is entirely concentrated in this one matter. The use of 1 distinct art unit indicates a focused technical scope for the current applications.
The busiest examiner is SAMS, MATTHEW C, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This matches the total of 1 pending office action for the company. Consequently, the entire current prosecution workload is under the review of this one individual. The 1 busiest examiner pending action managed by SAMS, MATTHEW C will determine the immediate outcome for this portfolio.
Practitioners should prepare for the 1 busiest examiner pending action by understanding the specific examination style of SAMS, MATTHEW C. This singular focus allows for a deep dive into the examiner's specific preferences to resolve the 1 pending office action. Understanding the specific requirements of the 1 distinct examiner is essential for success in the Communications sector. This focused approach may lead to more consistent outcomes.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMS, MATTHEW C | 1 | 68.0% | +11.3% |
| SHERIF, FATUMA G | 1 | 58.2% | +16.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18600859 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARGING A MOBILE PHONE AND A MOBILE PHONE COVER | SAMS, MATTHEW C | 87d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18600859 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARGING A MOBILE PHONE AND A MOBILE PHONE COVER | SAMS, MATTHEW C | 87d overdue |
| 18111723 | MOBILE DEVICE COVER FOR USE WITH A HOST MOBILE DEVICE | SHERIF, FATUMA G | 16d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2646 | 1 |
| 2649 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18600859 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARGING A MOBILE PHONE AND A MOBILE PHONE COVER | SAMS, MATTHEW C | 2646 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 87d overdue | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18111723 | MOBILE DEVICE COVER FOR USE WITH A HOST MOBILE DEVICE | SHERIF, FATUMA G | 2649 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Feb 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialStar Co. Scientific Technologies Advanced Research Co. LLC D/B/A Star Co. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Matthew C Sams has the most, with 1 of Star Co. Scientific Technologies Advanced Research Co. LLC D/B/A Star Co.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
