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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
BITO-LAGERTECHNIK BITTMANN GMBH has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, ANDREW THOMAS KIRSCH. KIRSCH is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. The prosecution is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a singular technical focus for the company's current pending matter. This streamlined profile suggests a very specific area of innovation.
Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific examination standards of this single art unit and examiner. With only 1 pending office action, the administrative burden of managing this portfolio is minimal. The centralized nature of the prosecution allows for a highly targeted strategy to address the concerns of ANDREW THOMAS KIRSCH. This single interaction will determine the immediate success of the company's current patenting efforts in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The focus on 1 distinct art unit indicates that the technology is clearly categorized within the USPTO. Practitioners should prioritize the specific feedback from this examiner to advance the company's intellectual property goals efficiently.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, DEVIN K | 1 | 56.8% | +25.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19072464 | TRAVERSE FOR A SHELF WITH RECEIVING ELEMENTS FOR PANELS | BARNETT, DEVIN K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19072464 | TRAVERSE FOR A SHELF WITH RECEIVING ELEMENTS FOR PANELS | BARNETT, DEVIN K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3631 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19072464 | TRAVERSE FOR A SHELF WITH RECEIVING ELEMENTS FOR PANELS | BARNETT, DEVIN K | 3631 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialBITO-LAGERTECHNIK BITTMANN GMBH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Devin K Barnett has the most, with 1 of BITO-LAGERTECHNIK BITTMANN GMBH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
