Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Amtech Systems, LLC

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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Amtech Systems, LLC is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, DANIEL S FELTEN, and is being reviewed within 1 distinct art unit. This structure indicates a highly specific and localized prosecution effort for the company's current patent filings.

DANIEL S FELTEN is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, handling the 1 pending office action. Because the portfolio involves only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the standards and feedback of this single point of contact. This focused arrangement allows practitioners to tailor their arguments specifically to the preferences of DANIEL S FELTEN and the guidelines of the individual art unit. The lack of broader distribution across the USPTO simplifies the management of the company's intellectual property, as there are no competing examiner styles or art unit requirements to balance.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

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
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FELTEN, DANIEL S 1 46.3% +12.1%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19318937 Vehicle Tracking System for Congestion Pricing Using Transponders FELTEN, DANIEL S —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19318937 Vehicle Tracking System for Congestion Pricing Using Transponders FELTEN, DANIEL S —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3692 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19318937 Vehicle Tracking System for Congestion Pricing Using Transponders FELTEN, DANIEL S 3692 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Amtech Systems, LLC have?

Amtech Systems, LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Amtech Systems, LLC applications?

Daniel S Felten has the most, with 1 of Amtech Systems, LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Amtech Systems, LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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