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
Talent Select AI operates a patent portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio currently has 1 pending office action. This figure represents the total volume of active prosecution for the company at this time. For a practitioner, this indicates a focused stage of intellectual property development where a single application is the primary focus.
The filings are being reviewed by a distinct examiner across a single art unit. This suggests that the company's innovations, likely in the e-commerce or mechanical sectors, are being evaluated through a single administrative channel. SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The use of a single art unit allows for a consistent application of examination standards to the company's technology.
SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since there is only a single pending action overall, the review by SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V is the sole focus of the company's current patenting activity. Practitioners should tailor their strategy to the specific requirements of SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V and the art unit involved to advance the pending matter.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V | 1 | 11.3% | +13.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18157543 | Position-Resolved, Broad Engagement, Candidate Matching System | SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18157543 | Position-Resolved, Broad Engagement, Candidate Matching System | SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18157543 | Position-Resolved, Broad Engagement, Candidate Matching System | SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V | 3626 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialTalent Select AI has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kiersten V Summers has the most, with 1 of Talent Select AI's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
