Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ariens Company currently has 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J. HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. The data shows 0 distinct art units associated with this activity.
This suggests a highly specific administrative state in the prosecution history where the examiner is identified but the art unit classification is not recorded in the primary metrics. The presence of 1 pending office action indicates a singular focus for the company's current legal efforts at the patent office. The involvement of 1 distinct examiner provides a clear point of contact for the company's current legal matters. This centralized approach means that all current feedback from the patent office originates from a single source, which simplifies the administrative oversight of the application.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 1 | 76.0% | +11.9% |
| HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J | 1 | 49.5% | +43.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18551971 | Battery Balancing | HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18438151 | ADJUSTABLE CAB FOR A STAND-ON SKID STEER VEHICLE | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 5d |
| 18551971 | Battery Balancing | HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3618 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18438151 | ADJUSTABLE CAB FOR A STAND-ON SKID STEER VEHICLE | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 3618 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18551971 | Battery Balancing | HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
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