Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC. has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, including MCFALL, NICHOLAS A, who handles 1 pending action. Each of the matters is situated in a different art unit among 4 distinct art units, indicating a fragmented prosecution landscape for the company.
With 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units for the pending office actions, the company's prosecution landscape is decentralized. There is no overlap in personnel or departments between the matters. This requires practitioners to develop separate prosecution strategies, as familiarity with one examiner or art unit will not assist with the other pending cases. This distribution suggests the company's mechanical innovations are spread across several distinct technical categories, each requiring a tailored approach to its specific reviewer.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 85.9% | +11.7% |
| BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN | 1 | 73.5% | +18.5% |
| PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM | 1 | 84.2% | +27.3% |
| GODBOLD, DAVID GARRISON | 1 | 22.4% | +29.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19177934 | SYSTEMS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE DOCKING, STORAGE, AND LOADING | MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18597195 | LOADING SYSTEMS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES | PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM | — |
| 18544773 | PAYLOAD VERIFICATION FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE DELIVERIES | GODBOLD, DAVID GARRISON | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19177934 | SYSTEMS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE DOCKING, STORAGE, AND LOADING | MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 18835809 | TACTICAL DECONFLICTION SYSTEM FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES | BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN | — |
| 18597195 | LOADING SYSTEMS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES | PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM | — |
| 18544773 | PAYLOAD VERIFICATION FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE DELIVERIES | GODBOLD, DAVID GARRISON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3644 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 3652 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19177934 | SYSTEMS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE DOCKING, STORAGE, AND LOADING | MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | 3644 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 18835809 | TACTICAL DECONFLICTION SYSTEM FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES | BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18597195 | LOADING SYSTEMS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES | PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM | 3652 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18544773 | PAYLOAD VERIFICATION FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE DELIVERIES | GODBOLD, DAVID GARRISON | 3628 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Nicholas A Mcfall has the most, with 1 of ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
