Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Velcro Ip Holdings LLC has 4 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are assigned to 3 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit, so the portfolio has examiner variation within a shared technical setting.
UPCHURCH, DAVID M is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel can use the common art-unit context and the two matters before that examiner to compare prosecution positions while addressing the other examiner separately.
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 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPCHURCH, DAVID M | 2 | 73.7% | +18.0% |
| DO, ROWLAND | 1 | 70.0% | -5.3% |
| LEE, MICHAEL S | 1 | 63.1% | +20.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19085076 | TWO-SIDED TOUCH FASTENER MATERIAL | UPCHURCH, DAVID M | — |
| 18950242 | FLEXIBLE FASTENING STRAP | LEE, MICHAEL S | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19085076 | TWO-SIDED TOUCH FASTENER MATERIAL | UPCHURCH, DAVID M | — |
| 18950242 | FLEXIBLE FASTENING STRAP | LEE, MICHAEL S | — |
| 18792924 | MOLD-IN FASTENER PRODUCTS | UPCHURCH, DAVID M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19088076 | MALE TOUCH FASTENER ELEMENTS | DO, ROWLAND | 3677 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19085076 | TWO-SIDED TOUCH FASTENER MATERIAL | UPCHURCH, DAVID M | 3677 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 18950242 | FLEXIBLE FASTENING STRAP | LEE, MICHAEL S | 3677 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18792924 | MOLD-IN FASTENER PRODUCTS | UPCHURCH, DAVID M | 3677 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialVelcro Ip Holdings LLC has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
David M Upchurch has the most, with 2 of Velcro Ip Holdings LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
