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
Valmetal St-François Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single action is being reviewed within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a highly focused technical area for the company's current prosecution. With only 1 pending office action, the entire IP effort is concentrated on one application. Practitioners should note that the concentration in a single art unit allows for a deep focus on specific mechanical standards.
The case is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, DIAS, RAVEEN J, who is also the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Because DIAS, RAVEEN J is the only examiner involved, the outcome of the current prosecution depends entirely on this single relationship. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination style of this examiner to move the 1 pending office action forward toward allowance without unnecessary delays.
The data shows a very simple prosecution landscape with 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This allows for a highly targeted strategy without the need to coordinate across multiple cases. The busiest examiner, DIAS, RAVEEN J, manages the entire active portfolio, making their feedback the primary factor in the company's current patent strategy within the patent office's framework.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIAS, RAVEEN J | 1 | 80.7% | +17.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19016348 | CABLE DRIVE UNIT FOR FREE STALL CLEANER SYSTEM | DIAS, RAVEEN J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19016348 | CABLE DRIVE UNIT FOR FREE STALL CLEANER SYSTEM | DIAS, RAVEEN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19016348 | CABLE DRIVE UNIT FOR FREE STALL CLEANER SYSTEM | DIAS, RAVEEN J | 3654 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialValmetal St-François Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Raveen J Dias has the most, with 1 of Valmetal St-François Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
