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
B.T. Innovation GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The company's prosecution activity is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This profile reflects a highly concentrated effort within a specific technical and administrative domain.
JOYCE, WILLIAM C is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 1 pending office action. This examiner is responsible for the only pending action currently active for the company. The involvement of a distinct art unit indicates that the subject matter is being reviewed within a single specialized group. Because 1 distinct examiner handles the pending office action, the company's immediate strategy is focused on this single point of contact. This alignment of the action with the examiner and 1 distinct art unit provides a clear and direct path for the company's current prosecution efforts. The 1 pending office action requires a focused response to ensure successful prosecution within the specified technology area.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOYCE, WILLIAM C | 1 | 69.6% | +16.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18722248 | CONNECTING MEANS, REINFORCING DEVICE, CONNECTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ARRANGING COMPONENTS | JOYCE, WILLIAM C | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18722248 | CONNECTING MEANS, REINFORCING DEVICE, CONNECTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ARRANGING COMPONENTS | JOYCE, WILLIAM C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18722248 | CONNECTING MEANS, REINFORCING DEVICE, CONNECTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ARRANGING COMPONENTS | JOYCE, WILLIAM C | 3619 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialB.T. Innovation GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
William C Joyce has the most, with 1 of B.T. Innovation GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
