Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bernward Welschof is managing 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and several distinct art units. This indicates that each pending matter is being handled by a unique examiner in a unique art unit. The presence of multiple art units suggests that the mechanical or transportation filings cover different technical sub-categories.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is SOTO, HENRIX, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This represents a portion of the 2 pending office actions currently active for the entity. Practitioners should note that with multiple distinct examiners, there is no concentration of workload that would allow for a unified examiner-specific strategy. Each application requires an individualized approach to negotiation and amendment.
The use of multiple distinct art units further implies that the prosecution must address different sets of examination guidelines. Success in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area depends on navigating these varied technical standards. Practitioners should analyze the specific prior art and examiner behavior for each case to optimize the overall prosecution outcome.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOTO, HENRIX | 1 | 71.2% | +31.3% |
| SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 1 | 54.7% | +56.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18746372 | Ejector and a Rope for a Forestry Winch | SOTO, HENRIX | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18746372 | Ejector and a Rope for a Forestry Winch | SOTO, HENRIX | — |
| 18005510 | Mobile Working Machine, in Particular a Forestry Machine | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3654 | 1 |
| 3612 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18746372 | Ejector and a Rope for a Forestry Winch | SOTO, HENRIX | 3654 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18005510 | Mobile Working Machine, in Particular a Forestry Machine | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 3612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2023 |
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