Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
UNEFI INC. has 2 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, so the current prosecution activity is divided between separate examination settings.
XIE, THEODORE L is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The portfolio’s current work is not concentrated under that examiner. Counsel should assess each office action independently, preserve distinct claim strategies, and coordinate only those technical explanations that are supported across the transportation, e-commerce, and mechanical systems records.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| XIE, THEODORE L | 1 | 38.5% | +83.3% |
| FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | 1 | 25.3% | +24.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18687250 | SCREEN EQUIPPED ITEM IDENTIFICATION USING INDICIA | XIE, THEODORE L | — |
| 17799427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT PLACEMENT | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18687250 | SCREEN EQUIPPED ITEM IDENTIFICATION USING INDICIA | XIE, THEODORE L | — |
| 17799427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT PLACEMENT | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3623 | 1 |
| 3689 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18687250 | SCREEN EQUIPPED ITEM IDENTIFICATION USING INDICIA | XIE, THEODORE L | 3623 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 17799427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT PLACEMENT | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | 3689 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialUNEFI INC. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Theodore L Xie has the most, with 1 of UNEFI INC.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
