Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Warn Industries Inc. operates a company patent portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. There are currently 2 pending office actions associated with this portfolio. These actions are located within 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner across the active cases.
ADAMS, NATHANIEL L is the busiest examiner for this company, with 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This count matches the total 2 pending office actions for the portfolio. This means this examiner is reviewing every active matter. For the applicant, this creates a situation where the prosecution depends on the perspective of this individual at the USPTO.
The concentration of the workload under 1 distinct examiner and within 1 distinct art unit affects the legal strategy. Practitioners can develop a response approach that addresses the specific preferences of ADAMS, NATHANIEL L. This level of centralization in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector ensures that technical arguments remain consistent across the pending matters for Warn Industries Inc.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, NATHANIEL L | 2 | 72.2% | +19.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18483789 | WINCH WITH ADVANCED ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SMART CONTROLS | ADAMS, NATHANIEL L | 8d overdue |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18483789 | WINCH WITH ADVANCED ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SMART CONTROLS | ADAMS, NATHANIEL L | 8d overdue |
| 18483800 | WINCH WITH ADVANCED ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SMART CONTROLS | ADAMS, NATHANIEL L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3654 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18483789 | WINCH WITH ADVANCED ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SMART CONTROLS | ADAMS, NATHANIEL L | 3654 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 18483800 | WINCH WITH ADVANCED ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SMART CONTROLS | ADAMS, NATHANIEL L | 3654 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialWarn Industries Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nathaniel L Adams has the most, with 2 of Warn Industries Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
