Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
9 pending office actions • 3 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
BODE - DIE TÜR GMBH has 8 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 8 distinct examiners, which means every pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action.
The company's prosecution activity is concentrated in 3 distinct art units. Given that there are 8 distinct examiners, multiple examiners are working within the same art units. This concentration in 3 units suggests a focused technological application, even as the 8 pending office actions are spread across a larger group of examiners.
The workload for the busiest examiner is minimal, as 1 pending action represents only a small fraction of the total 8 pending office actions. This profile indicates that while the company is active in a limited number of 3 distinct art units, it must manage relationships with 8 distinct examiners. Practitioners should prepare for varied examiner styles within a narrow technical field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 4 (44%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (56%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 1 | 56.4% | +80.4% |
| SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R | 1 | 89.7% | +7.8% |
| JOHNS, HILARY LYNN | 1 | 81.9% | +15.8% |
| ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S | 1 | 88.2% | +8.9% |
| MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | 1 | 81.8% | +16.8% |
| YAO, THEODORE N | 1 | 66.9% | +39.4% |
| DOUGLAS, STEVEN O | 1 | 79.1% | +11.2% |
| REPHANN, JUSTIN B | 1 | 78.4% | +23.8% |
| PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS | 1 | 57.0% | +7.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19051935 | BOARDING SYSTEM WITH ADAPTER FRAME | JOHNS, HILARY LYNN | — |
| 18905492 | ACCESS SYSTEM WITH OVERRUN PROTECTION | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18564339 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING A DOORWAY OF A VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE | REPHANN, JUSTIN B | 1d overdue |
| 18878472 | ANTRIEBSSYSTEM MIT TRITTPLATTENELEMENT UND BETRIEBSVERFAHREN | SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R | — |
| 18858090 | METHOD FOR ABSORBING ENERGY IN AN ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM, AND ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM | ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S | — |
| 18781042 | BOARDING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE WITH A MULTI-PART BOARDING RAMP | YAO, THEODORE N | — |
| 17879321 | DOOR SYSTEM FOR A PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLE | PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19071121 | TWO-ROLLER SWIVEL ARM | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 49d overdue |
| 18564339 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING A DOORWAY OF A VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE | REPHANN, JUSTIN B | 1d overdue |
| 19051935 | BOARDING SYSTEM WITH ADAPTER FRAME | JOHNS, HILARY LYNN | — |
| 18905492 | ACCESS SYSTEM WITH OVERRUN PROTECTION | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — |
| 18781042 | BOARDING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE WITH A MULTI-PART BOARDING RAMP | YAO, THEODORE N | — |
| 17769214 | VEHICLE DOOR SYSTEM AND SENSOR DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE DOOR SYSTEM | DOUGLAS, STEVEN O | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 3 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 3612 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19071121 | TWO-ROLLER SWIVEL ARM | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 3634 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 18878472 | ANTRIEBSSYSTEM MIT TRITTPLATTENELEMENT UND BETRIEBSVERFAHREN | SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R | 3661 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19051935 | BOARDING SYSTEM WITH ADAPTER FRAME | JOHNS, HILARY LYNN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 18858090 | METHOD FOR ABSORBING ENERGY IN AN ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM, AND ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM | ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18905492 | ACCESS SYSTEM WITH OVERRUN PROTECTION | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18781042 | BOARDING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE WITH A MULTI-PART BOARDING RAMP | YAO, THEODORE N | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 17769214 | VEHICLE DOOR SYSTEM AND SENSOR DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE DOOR SYSTEM | DOUGLAS, STEVEN O | 3612 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18564339 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING A DOORWAY OF A VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE | REPHANN, JUSTIN B | 3634 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 17879321 | DOOR SYSTEM FOR A PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLE | PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS | 3634 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2022 |
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