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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
ZHEJIANG LIBIAO ROBOTICS CO., LTD. currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This single pending matter represents the company's current active engagement with the patent office in this technology area.
Practitioners should note that the prosecution strategy is currently centralized under this single examiner and art unit, which may lead to consistent feedback but offers no diversification of examiner perspectives. Because there is only 1 pending action, the company's immediate success in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector depends entirely on the outcome of this one case. Navigating the requirements of WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R is the primary priority for the portfolio's current maintenance. This singular focus within 1 art unit simplifies the administrative tracking but increases the impact of any single examiner's decision on the overall portfolio. The company must ensure that its responses are perfectly tailored to the expectations of this specific examiner to avoid further delays.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | 1 | 71.7% | +7.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18682203 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SORTING METHOD AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SORTING ROBOT AND SYSTEM | WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3655 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18682203 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SORTING METHOD AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SORTING ROBOT AND SYSTEM | WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | 3655 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialZHEJIANG LIBIAO ROBOTICS CO., LTD. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Timothy R Waggoner has the most, with 1 of ZHEJIANG LIBIAO ROBOTICS CO., LTD.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
