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
The United States Government AS Represente By The Department Of Veterans Affaire has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is being processed by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The limited number of active cases suggests a highly specific or early-stage prosecution effort within this particular technological sector, rather than a broad multi-front patent strategy.
SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, accounting for the 1 busiest examiner pending office action. As the company only interacts with 1 distinct examiner, the prosecution path is uniquely shaped by this individual's specific feedback and requirements. Furthermore, the 1 distinct art unit involved means that the department's current patent strategy is focused within a single administrative silo of the patent office, requiring no coordination across different technical divisions at this time. The management of 1 pending office action under one examiner ensures that the prosecution remains highly centralized.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM | 1 | 68.8% | +20.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17632228 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS | SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3668 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17632228 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS | SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM | 3668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialUnited States Government AS Represente By The Department Of Veterans Affaire has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Faris Asim Shaikh has the most, with 1 of United States Government AS Represente By The Department Of Veterans Affaire's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
