Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Unifor S.p.A.

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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Unifor S.p.A. currently has 2 pending office actions within its portfolio. These actions are categorized under the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The presence of 2 pending office actions indicates that the company is actively engaged in the prosecution of its intellectual property in this specific field.

The portfolio's prosecution is handled by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that each of the pending office actions is being reviewed by a different person in a different administrative group. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the subject matter of the 2 pending office actions may be technically diverse within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area.

CALABRESE, MARY ANN is the busiest examiner for this company, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action is assigned to CALABRESE, MARY ANN, while the other of the 2 pending office actions is handled by a different examiner. Because the workload is split, no examiner dominates the current prosecution landscape for this entity.

For practitioners, the involvement of 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units requires a bifurcated strategy. The outcome of the company's efforts in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector will be determined by the independent reviews of CALABRESE, MARY ANN and another examiner. Each matter must be approached according to the specific preferences of the individual examiner.

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

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
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%)
1
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (50%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (50%)
§112 only1 (50%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
50% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CALABRESE, MARY ANN 1 84.2% +4.0%
AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 1 59.3% +20.8%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
35523490 Table CALABRESE, MARY ANN —

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
18134253 WORK STATION AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2931 1
3637 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
35523490 Table CALABRESE, MARY ANN 2931 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 08, 2024
18134253 WORK STATION AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 3637 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 13, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Unifor S.p.A. have?

Unifor S.p.A. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Unifor S.p.A. applications?

Mary Ann Calabrese has the most, with 1 of Unifor S.p.A.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Unifor S.p.A.'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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