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
Valeda Company LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are located in 2 distinct art units, suggesting different technical applications for each. The company works with 2 distinct examiners, so each case is being reviewed independently by a different individual.
KERRIGAN, MICHAEL V is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Since there are 2 pending office actions and a matching number of distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for half of the workload. There is no overlap between the examiners or the art units for these two matters.
Practitioners must address the specific requirements of 2 distinct art units and 2 distinct examiners. The 2 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems require individual attention, as the lack of overlap prevents a consolidated prosecution approach. Each case will be decided on its own merits by the assigned examiner, including KERRIGAN, MICHAEL V.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KERRIGAN, MICHAEL V | 1 | 86.9% | +9.6% |
| GUTMAN, HILARY L | 1 | 71.7% | +11.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19313992 | Energy Management System | KERRIGAN, MICHAEL V | — |
| 18935770 | AUTOMATIC SEAT FOR MOBILITY DEVICE SECUREMENT SYSTEM | GUTMAN, HILARY L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18935770 | AUTOMATIC SEAT FOR MOBILITY DEVICE SECUREMENT SYSTEM | GUTMAN, HILARY L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3664 | 1 |
| 3612 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19313992 | Energy Management System | KERRIGAN, MICHAEL V | 3664 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 18935770 | AUTOMATIC SEAT FOR MOBILITY DEVICE SECUREMENT SYSTEM | GUTMAN, HILARY L | 3612 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialValeda Company LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Michael V Kerrigan has the most, with 1 of Valeda Company LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
