Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Arku Maschinenbau GmbH currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This portfolio is spread across 3 distinct art units, reflecting a variety of technical focuses within the company's mechanical projects. The prosecution involves 3 distinct examiners, which means that every one of the 3 pending office actions is being handled by a different person.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 3 distinct examiners for 3 pending office actions, no single examiner has a larger share of the workload than any other. This requires the company to manage 3 separate examiner relationships to move its current applications in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field toward issuance.
The fact that 3 distinct art units are involved indicates that the company's 3 pending office actions are technically distinct from one another. Practitioners must be prepared for 3 different examination styles, as each examiner will bring their own interpretation to the specific art unit they represent. This decentralized prosecution environment requires coordination to ensure consistent results across the 3 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL | 1 | 86.4% | +21.0% |
| MARKMAN, MAKENA | 1 | 59.9% | +38.3% |
| CORTES, HOWARD | 1 | 78.5% | +14.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19297337 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING A SHEET METAL PROCESSING MACHINE OR A WOOD WORKING MACHINE | KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL | — |
| 18696791 | MACHINE FOR PROCESSING SHEET METAL PARTS | MARKMAN, MAKENA | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18430306 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNISING A SHEET METAL PROCESSING MEANS IN A SHEET METAL PROCESSING MACHINE | CORTES, HOWARD | 12d |
| 19297337 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING A SHEET METAL PROCESSING MACHINE OR A WOOD WORKING MACHINE | KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL | — |
| 18696791 | MACHINE FOR PROCESSING SHEET METAL PARTS | MARKMAN, MAKENA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3657 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19297337 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING A SHEET METAL PROCESSING MACHINE OR A WOOD WORKING MACHINE | KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL | 3657 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 |
| 18696791 | MACHINE FOR PROCESSING SHEET METAL PARTS | MARKMAN, MAKENA | 3723 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18430306 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNISING A SHEET METAL PROCESSING MEANS IN A SHEET METAL PROCESSING MACHINE | CORTES, HOWARD | 2118 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialArku Maschinenbau GmbH has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Dylan Michael Katz has the most, with 1 of Arku Maschinenbau GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
