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
United Rentals Inc. manages a company patent portfolio that currently includes 1 pending office action. This prosecution matter is located within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio's current activity involves a distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit.
The busiest examiner for United Rentals Inc. is RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C, who is currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. This individual is the only examiner with an active office action for the company. The 1 pending office action represents the full extent of the company's current pending workload at the patent office.
The Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area provides the context for the 1 distinct art unit assigned to this portfolio. Because there is a distinct examiner, the prosecution strategy is currently concentrated on the review process of RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C. The busiest examiner pending action is the primary point of interest for the company.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 1 | 78.4% | +15.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18925959 | Self-Inventorying Construction Tool Container and Methods of Use Thereof | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18925959 | Self-Inventorying Construction Tool Container and Methods of Use Thereof | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 3653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialUnited Rentals Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Joseph C Rodriguez has the most, with 1 of United Rentals Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
