Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wayne Fueling Systems LLC has 7 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 6 examiners across 6 art units, indicating one repeated examiner assignment and otherwise separate art-unit settings.
VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Those cases provide an opportunity to compare prosecution positions, while the remaining actions call for individualized analysis. Counsel should preserve consistent mechanical terminology while adapting responses to the six art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (43%) |
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA | 2 | 48.1% | +37.8% |
| IMMANUEL, ILSE I | 1 | 27.7% | +27.2% |
| MITCHELL, NATHAN A | 1 | 72.9% | +10.0% |
| POTRATZ, DANIEL B | 1 | 73.5% | +35.8% |
| LIU, KENDRICK X | 1 | 78.1% | +15.4% |
| HASBROUCK, MERRITT J | 1 | 9.7% | +7.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18638364 | ADAPTIVE SENSORY REINFORCEMENT GENERATION IN DISPENSING ENVIRONMENTS | VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA | 21d |
| 19239724 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION | IMMANUEL, ILSE I | — |
| 19201219 | ADAPTIVE PROVISION OF GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATIONS IN DISPENSING ENVIRONMENTS | VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA | — |
| 19056151 | WIRELESS COLLECTION OF DATA FROM OFFLINE PRODUCT DISPENSERS AND REMOTE ANALYSIS OF THE SAME | POTRATZ, DANIEL B | — |
| 18490227 | DETECTING DEBRIS IN PAYMENT CARD READERS | LIU, KENDRICK X | — |
| 17839163 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A FUEL DISPENSER AND A MOBILE DEVICE | HASBROUCK, MERRITT 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18638364 | ADAPTIVE SENSORY REINFORCEMENT GENERATION IN DISPENSING ENVIRONMENTS | VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA | 21d |
| 19239724 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION | IMMANUEL, ILSE I | — |
| 19201219 | ADAPTIVE PROVISION OF GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATIONS IN DISPENSING ENVIRONMENTS | VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA | — |
| 19198336 | DYNAMIC TOUCHSCREEN FUEL SELECTION | MITCHELL, NATHAN A | — |
| 19056151 | WIRELESS COLLECTION OF DATA FROM OFFLINE PRODUCT DISPENSERS AND REMOTE ANALYSIS OF THE SAME | POTRATZ, DANIEL B | — |
| 18490227 | DETECTING DEBRIS IN PAYMENT CARD READERS | LIU, KENDRICK X | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3621 | 2 |
| 3699 | 1 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| 2491 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 3695 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19239724 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION | IMMANUEL, ILSE I | 3699 | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19201219 | ADAPTIVE PROVISION OF GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATIONS IN DISPENSING ENVIRONMENTS | VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA | 3621 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19198336 | DYNAMIC TOUCHSCREEN FUEL SELECTION | MITCHELL, NATHAN A | 3627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 19056151 | WIRELESS COLLECTION OF DATA FROM OFFLINE PRODUCT DISPENSERS AND REMOTE ANALYSIS OF THE SAME | POTRATZ, DANIEL B | 2491 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 18638364 | ADAPTIVE SENSORY REINFORCEMENT GENERATION IN DISPENSING ENVIRONMENTS | VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA | 3621 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18490227 | DETECTING DEBRIS IN PAYMENT CARD READERS | LIU, KENDRICK X | 2853 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 17839163 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A FUEL DISPENSER AND A MOBILE DEVICE | HASBROUCK, MERRITT J | 3695 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialWayne Fueling Systems LLC has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.
Maria Victoria Vanderhorst has the most, with 2 of Wayne Fueling Systems LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
