Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sunrun, Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio is characterized by a lack of overlap, as the 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct art units. This suggests that the company's current patent filings are technically distinct enough to be classified into different specialized groups at the USPTO.
The prosecution is being conducted by 2 distinct examiners, with MINTZ, RODNEY K serving as the busiest examiner by overseeing 1 of the pending office actions. Because each of the 2 pending office actions is handled by a different examiner in a different art unit, there is no centralized point of influence for the company's current IP efforts. Practitioners must approach each matter as an independent track, as the data shows no commonality in the 2 distinct art units or the examiners assigned to them.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINTZ, RODNEY K | 1 | 79.0% | +10.8% |
| BATES, ZAKIYA W | 1 | 88.8% | -2.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18242287 | METHODS FOR INSTALLING A NON-CONVENTIONAL FASTENER | BATES, ZAKIYA W | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19029407 | SINGLE-PIECE HINGED CLAMP FOR TRACK MOUNTING ASSEMBLIES | MINTZ, RODNEY K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 1 |
| 3674 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19029407 | SINGLE-PIECE HINGED CLAMP FOR TRACK MOUNTING ASSEMBLIES | MINTZ, RODNEY K | 3635 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18242287 | METHODS FOR INSTALLING A NON-CONVENTIONAL FASTENER | BATES, ZAKIYA W | 3674 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSunrun, Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Rodney K Mintz has the most, with 1 of Sunrun, Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
