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 • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Via Science Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is being reviewed by a distinct examiner within a distinct art unit. The current prosecution profile is limited to this interaction, which allows for a highly focused response strategy. This matter is the only active case currently requiring attention from the company's legal team. Working within the distinct art unit provides a stable regulatory environment for the pending application.
GETACHEW, WODAJO is the busiest examiner for the company, managing the 1 pending office action. Since there is only a distinct examiner and the distinct art unit, the company's current patent office engagement is focused on a point of contact. This interaction defines the current prosecution landscape for the company. The outcome depends entirely on the review conducted by GETACHEW, WODAJO within the art unit. This concentration of activity allows for a deep dive into the specific examiner's requirements for this pending office action.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GETACHEW, WODAJO | 1 | 41.3% | +39.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19180332 | PRIVACY-PRESERVING AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM | GETACHEW, WODAJO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19180332 | PRIVACY-PRESERVING AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM | GETACHEW, WODAJO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3697 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19180332 | PRIVACY-PRESERVING AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM | GETACHEW, WODAJO | 3697 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialVia Science Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Wodajo Getachew has the most, with 1 of Via Science Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
