Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, WILLIAMS, MARK A, is responsible for 1 pending action.
This distribution shows that while the 4 applications are being reviewed by different individuals, they are concentrated within 2 specific administrative divisions. For a practitioner, this means that although 4 examiner relationships must be managed, the prosecution strategy only needs to account for the policies of 2 art units. The lack of concentration under any single examiner, including WILLIAMS, MARK A with 1 action, indicates that the portfolio's outcome is not tied to one person's review style. However, the 2 art units represent significant administrative hubs for these cases, and understanding their specific guidelines will be key to successfully navigating all 4 pending actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, MARK A | 1 | 77.9% | +13.0% |
| HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | 1 | 74.4% | +27.1% |
| MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 1 | 64.6% | +31.2% |
| GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK | 1 | 51.4% | +44.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19175361 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | WILLIAMS, MARK A | — |
| 18996692 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | — |
| 18801132 | EMERGENCY DEVICE FOR A STORAGE COMPARTMENT OF A VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD | GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18943303 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 20d |
| 19175361 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | WILLIAMS, MARK A | — |
| 18996692 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | — |
| 18801132 | EMERGENCY DEVICE FOR A STORAGE COMPARTMENT OF A VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD | GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 3 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19175361 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | WILLIAMS, MARK A | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 18996692 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | 3675 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18943303 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18801132 | EMERGENCY DEVICE FOR A STORAGE COMPARTMENT OF A VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD | GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK | 3665 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBrose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 4 examiners.
Mark A Williams has the most, with 1 of Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
