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
Xentag Corporation is currently managing a company patent portfolio within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio contains 1 pending office action, which is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner. This single point of contact indicates a focused prosecution stage for the company's current intellectual property assets. The 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct art unit, consistent with the specialized nature of the technology area.
BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. As there is only 1 pending office action in total, this examiner is responsible for the entire current workload of the portfolio. The 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved mean that the immediate outcome of the portfolio's prosecution is tied to a single review process. BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA is the primary official for this Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems matter.
For a practitioner, the involvement of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit means that there are no other pending actions to provide comparative data on examiner behavior within this portfolio. The strategy must focus on the specific requirements of BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA within the designated art unit. Successfully addressing the 1 pending office action is the sole requirement for advancing the company's current patent interests in this field. This centralized structure allows for a highly targeted and efficient prosecution effort.
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA | 1 | 17.4% | +19.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18647073 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION | BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18647073 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION | BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3629 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18647073 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION | BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA | 3629 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialXentag Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Maame Boakyewaa Ballou has the most, with 1 of Xentag Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
