Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Sweetgreen Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to examiner DANGOL, ASHESH, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending matter. The data shows 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit are involved in the prosecution. For a practitioner, this means the entirety of the company's active patent work is being reviewed by a single individual. There are no other pending cases to provide a comparative view of examiner behavior for this company.
With only 1 pending office action, the company's active patenting activity is very limited. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit simplifies the administrative requirements, as the practitioner only needs to follow the rules of that specific unit. DANGOL, ASHESH is the only examiner currently handling the company's pending work, making their individual preferences the key to a successful outcome. The Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area suggests the matter involves logistical or mechanical innovations. The 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit structure results in a very focused prosecution profile.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANGOL, ASHESH | 1 | 69.6% | +51.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18652229 | FOOD RECEPTACLE SYSTEM FOR MEAL PRODUCTION | DANGOL, ASHESH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18652229 | FOOD RECEPTACLE SYSTEM FOR MEAL PRODUCTION | DANGOL, ASHESH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18652229 | FOOD RECEPTACLE SYSTEM FOR MEAL PRODUCTION | DANGOL, ASHESH | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSweetgreen Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ashesh Dangol has the most, with 1 of Sweetgreen Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
