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
Bobst (Shanghai) Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN is the busiest examiner, currently reviewing the pending matter.
The concentration in 1 distinct art unit allows for a specialized response strategy tailored to that unit's precedents. This 1 pending action is the sole focus of the company's current interactions with the patent office. For a practitioner, the involvement of a single examiner ensures that all communications remain consistent, which is critical for maintaining a unified prosecution record in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
The centralized review process allows the applicant to focus resources on the specific requirements and examination style of the assigned official. This can lead to a more efficient resolution of technical rejections and a more predictable path toward allowance. By focusing on this 1 pending action, the company can ensure that its technical claims are thoroughly addressed within the specialized framework of the assigned art unit and examiner.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | 1 | 59.9% | +12.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18512141 | DIE CUTTING MACHINE HAVING A MOBILE STAIR AND ASSEMBLY WITH A DIE CUTTING MACHINE | MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18512141 | DIE CUTTING MACHINE HAVING A MOBILE STAIR AND ASSEMBLY WITH A DIE CUTTING MACHINE | MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | 3635 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBobst (Shanghai) Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kathleen Mavourneen Mcfarland has the most, with 1 of Bobst (Shanghai) Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
