Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Thumbtack Inc. is currently managing 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 3 actions are handled by 3 distinct examiners, meaning each application has a dedicated official. This distribution provides a variety of examiner perspectives for the company's 3 pending office actions. The use of 3 distinct examiners ensures that no individual's interpretation of the mechanical systems field dominates the portfolio's progress.
The workload is split across 3 distinct art units, matching the number of examiners and pending actions. ANTONIO J CAIADO is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. With 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, the company's prosecution is evenly spread across its current technical areas. This distribution where each of the 3 pending office actions is assigned to a unique examiner and art unit indicates a decentralized approach to their current filings.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (33%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAIADO, ANTONIO J | 1 | 68.6% | +51.4% |
| MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | 1 | 51.1% | +32.8% |
| O'SHEA, BRENDAN S | 1 | 30.4% | +37.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19095915 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR SYNTACTIC SEMANTIC SEARCHING | CAIADO, ANTONIO J | 59d overdue |
| 18924468 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZABLE AND INTERACTIVE TASK MANAGEMENT PLATFORM | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | 30d |
| 17746749 | VERIFIABLE PROPERTY RECORD USING A DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC LEDGER | O'SHEA, BRENDAN S | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19095915 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR SYNTACTIC SEMANTIC SEARCHING | CAIADO, ANTONIO J | 59d overdue |
| 18924468 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZABLE AND INTERACTIVE TASK MANAGEMENT PLATFORM | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | 30d |
| 17746749 | VERIFIABLE PROPERTY RECORD USING A DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC LEDGER | O'SHEA, BRENDAN S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2164 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 3626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19095915 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR SYNTACTIC SEMANTIC SEARCHING | CAIADO, ANTONIO J | 2164 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 18924468 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZABLE AND INTERACTIVE TASK MANAGEMENT PLATFORM | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | 3624 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 17746749 | VERIFIABLE PROPERTY RECORD USING A DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC LEDGER | O'SHEA, BRENDAN S | 3626 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialThumbtack Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Antonio J Caiado has the most, with 1 of Thumbtack Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
