Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Wayne Fueling Systems LLC

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§101 + other3 (43%)
§103 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
57% of docket
2
Business / Other
29% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA 2 48.5% +37.2%
POTRATZ, DANIEL B 1 73.6% +35.4%
SINGH, GURKANWALJIT 1 61.3% +26.6%
LIU, KENDRICK X 1 78.0% +15.0%
GOYEA, OLUSEGUN 1 65.0% +33.7%
HASBROUCK, MERRITT J 1 10.1% +7.5%

Hard Cases (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18817758 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SINGH, GURKANWALJIT 6d
18638364 ADAPTIVE SENSORY REINFORCEMENT GENERATION IN DISPENSING ENVIRONMENTS VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA 21d
19201219 ADAPTIVE PROVISION OF GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATIONS IN DISPENSING ENVIRONMENTS VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA
18490227 DETECTING DEBRIS IN PAYMENT CARD READERS LIU, KENDRICK X
18342401 FUEL DISPENSER REMOTE CONTENT PROVISION GOYEA, OLUSEGUN
17839163 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A FUEL DISPENSER AND A MOBILE DEVICE HASBROUCK, MERRITT J

Interview Candidates (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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18817758 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SINGH, GURKANWALJIT 6d
18638364 ADAPTIVE SENSORY REINFORCEMENT GENERATION IN DISPENSING ENVIRONMENTS VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA 21d
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
18342401 FUEL DISPENSER REMOTE CONTENT PROVISION GOYEA, OLUSEGUN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3625 1
3621 1
2853 1
3627 1
3695 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19201219 ADAPTIVE PROVISION OF GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATIONS IN DISPENSING ENVIRONMENTS VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA §101§103Other Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2025
19056151 WIRELESS COLLECTION OF DATA FROM OFFLINE PRODUCT DISPENSERS AND REMOTE ANALYSIS OF THE SAME POTRATZ, DANIEL B §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 18, 2025
18817758 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SINGH, GURKANWALJIT 3625 §101§103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Aug 28, 2024
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
18342401 FUEL DISPENSER REMOTE CONTENT PROVISION GOYEA, OLUSEGUN 3627 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 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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