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
VIG GASKET COMPANY, LLC is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is located within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated effort in mechanical or transportation-related patenting. The focus on this specific area suggests that the company's current intellectual property interests are narrowly defined within this technical field. This concentration allows for a specialized prosecution approach that targets the specific standards of the mechanical arts.
The prosecution is being handled by a distinct examiner. FONSECA, JESSIE T is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with the pending office action currently assigned to them. Because this individual is the reviewer for the company's work, the outcome of the current prosecution cycle is entirely dependent on the interactions with them. Strategy should be focused on the particular requirements and precedents established within the assigned art unit. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the examiner's historical rejection patterns to move this matter toward a successful allowance.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FONSECA, JESSIE T | 1 | 68.2% | +18.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18897177 | Window Systems and their Manufacturing Methods | FONSECA, JESSIE T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3633 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18897177 | Window Systems and their Manufacturing Methods | FONSECA, JESSIE T | 3633 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialVIG GASKET COMPANY, LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jessie T Fonseca has the most, with 1 of VIG GASKET 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.
