Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Tait Towers Manufacturing LLC

Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Tait Towers Manufacturing LLC has 3 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are assigned to 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, indicating complete distribution across both categories.

PUNTIER, CHRIS ALEJANDRO is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should prepare each response from its own office action and art-unit record, rather than rely on a common examiner or technical grouping.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
3
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
33% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PUNTIER, CHRIS ALEJANDRO 1 93.3% +9.7%
THOMPSON, KENNETH L 1 87.4% +6.8%
LAUX, JESSICA L 1 54.3% +29.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19092275 EXPERIENCE PLATFORM PUNTIER, CHRIS ALEJANDRO —
18955525 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING WORKPIECES THOMPSON, KENNETH L —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18605052 EXPANDABLE BRIDGE DECK PANEL FOR A MODULAR DECK SYSTEM LAUX, JESSICA L —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2616 1
3676 1
3635 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19092275 EXPERIENCE PLATFORM PUNTIER, CHRIS ALEJANDRO 2616 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2025
18955525 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING WORKPIECES THOMPSON, KENNETH L 3676 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 21, 2024
18605052 EXPANDABLE BRIDGE DECK PANEL FOR A MODULAR DECK SYSTEM LAUX, JESSICA L 3635 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Tait Towers Manufacturing LLC have?

Tait Towers Manufacturing LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Tait Towers Manufacturing LLC applications?

Chris Alejandro Puntier has the most, with 1 of Tait Towers Manufacturing LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Tait Towers Manufacturing LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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