Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Claas Saulgau GmbH is currently managing 5 pending office actions in the technology area of Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is responsible for a single pending case. This spread indicates a lack of examiner concentration, as no individual is handling multiple matters.
Despite the involvement of 5 distinct examiners, the prosecution is focused within 2 distinct art units. This ratio of examiners to art units suggests that multiple examiners are working within the same technical groups. For the company, this means that while they must interact with different people, the technical standards and internal policies of just 2 art units will likely govern the majority of their pending office actions.
CATHLEEN R HUTCHINS is listed as the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This single action represents 1 of the total pending office actions, confirming the even distribution of work across the examiners. Practitioners should note that the art units represent the primary organizational hurdles for these cases.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | 1 | 83.9% | +7.9% |
| WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | 1 | 23.8% | +94.1% |
| WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE | 1 | 82.1% | +23.1% |
| YOUNG, EDWIN | 1 | 91.4% | +5.8% |
| RAILEY, JENNIFER A | 1 | 79.5% | +8.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18460781 | Method and control device for operating an agricultural harvester and agricultural harvester | RAILEY, JENNIFER A | 91d overdue |
| 18612404 | Agricultural Working Tool | YOUNG, EDWIN | 26d |
| 19039178 | Mower | HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | — |
| 18975650 | Mower | WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | — |
| 18975355 | Mower | WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18975650 | Mower | WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | — |
| 18975355 | Mower | WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3655 | 1 |
| 3676 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19039178 | Mower | HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 18975650 | Mower | WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18975355 | Mower | WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18612404 | Agricultural Working Tool | YOUNG, EDWIN | 3655 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18460781 | Method and control device for operating an agricultural harvester and agricultural harvester | RAILEY, JENNIFER A | 3676 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 91d overdue | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
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