Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore Inc. has 4 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are spread across a corresponding number of art units. The busiest examiner, GUTMAN, HILARY L, is responsible for 2 pending office actions. This concentration means that 2 of the 4 pending office actions are being handled by that person.
With 3 distinct art units involved, the company must navigate multiple administrative environments. The remaining cases are split between other examiners, requiring the prosecution team to manage 3 distinct examiners simultaneously. This distribution suggests a focused but divided workload across the transportation sector.
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) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUTMAN, HILARY L | 1 | 71.7% | +11.6% |
| PAULSON, SHEETAL R. | 1 | 39.3% | +16.5% |
| TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA | 1 | 56.5% | +41.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19130799 | Self-Deploying Apparatus for Attaching a Lashing to a Container | GUTMAN, HILARY L | — |
| 19045399 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING BUOYANCY CAPACITY OF A SPAR | PAULSON, SHEETAL R. | — |
| 18875053 | Floating Systems for Wind Turbines Using Semi-Submersibles | TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19130799 | Self-Deploying Apparatus for Attaching a Lashing to a Container | GUTMAN, HILARY L | — |
| 19045399 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING BUOYANCY CAPACITY OF A SPAR | PAULSON, SHEETAL R. | — |
| 18875053 | Floating Systems for Wind Turbines Using Semi-Submersibles | TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3612 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19130799 | Self-Deploying Apparatus for Attaching a Lashing to a Container | GUTMAN, HILARY L | 3612 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19045399 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING BUOYANCY CAPACITY OF A SPAR | PAULSON, SHEETAL R. | 3615 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 18875053 | Floating Systems for Wind Turbines Using Semi-Submersibles | TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA | 3642 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialTrendsetter Vulcan Offshore Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Hilary L Gutman has the most, with 1 of Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
