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
Union Pacific Railroad has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER, who is the only official currently evaluating the company's pending claims. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the prosecution is confined to a specific technical group within the patent office. This localized activity indicates a highly targeted strategy for the company's current intellectual property development in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
The busiest examiner, SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER, is responsible for 1 pending office action, which constitutes the full extent of the company's current pending activity. This distribution of 1 action to the busiest examiner out of the total pending workload means that the company's success is currently dependent on a single individual's review. Additionally, the 1 distinct art unit involved provides the sole administrative and technical framework for the company's current interactions with the patent office.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 83.6% | +13.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18951578 | RAIL TIE PLATE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18951578 | RAIL TIE PLATE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18951578 | RAIL TIE PLATE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialUnion Pacific Railroad has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jason Christopher Smith has the most, with 1 of Union Pacific Railroad's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
