Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH has 6 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Each of these 6 actions is assigned to one of 6 distinct examiners, ensuring no overlap in the individuals reviewing the current applications. Despite the variety of examiners, the work is concentrated in only 3 distinct art units. This suggests that the applications are technically related even though they are being evaluated by different people.
The busiest examiner, NGUYEN, CUONG H, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the 6 pending office actions are spread across 6 distinct examiners, the workload is evenly divided. The concentration in 3 distinct art units suggests that while the examiners differ, the technical focus of the applications remains relatively narrow within the patent office's organizational structure. Practitioners must navigate the specific preferences of 6 different examiners while maintaining a consistent technical argument across the 3 involved art units. This balance between examiner variety and art unit concentration requires a coordinated prosecution approach.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (14%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (29%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, CUONG H | 1 | 78.7% | +8.9% |
| FUJITA, KATRINA R | 1 | 70.7% | +22.9% |
| GLADE, ZACHARY EDWARD FREW | 1 | 67.3% | +53.3% |
| MACIOROWSKI, GODFREY ALEKSANDER | 1 | 60.2% | +10.8% |
| SHUDY, ANGELINA M | 1 | 76.6% | +7.4% |
| HATCHER, DEIRDRE D | 1 | 28.1% | +24.2% |
| UNDERBAKKE, JACOB DANIEL | 1 | 51.6% | +22.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18783664 | ROUTE PLANNING SYSTEM FOR A FORAGE HARVESTING CHAIN | MACIOROWSKI, GODFREY ALEKSANDER | 4d overdue |
| 18886006 | SELF-PROPELLED AGRICULTURAL WORK MACHINE WITH IMAGE-BASED CONTROL | GLADE, ZACHARY EDWARD FREW | 9d |
| 19219018 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING AN AGRICULTURAL WORK | NGUYEN, CUONG H | — |
| 18374847 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TECHNICAL SERVICE TO AN AGRICULTURAL WORKING MACHINE | HATCHER, DEIRDRE D | — |
| 18238591 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZED DETERMINATION OF MACHINE PARAMETERS OF AN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION MACHINE | UNDERBAKKE, JACOB DANIEL | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18783664 | ROUTE PLANNING SYSTEM FOR A FORAGE HARVESTING CHAIN | MACIOROWSKI, GODFREY ALEKSANDER | 4d overdue |
| 18886006 | SELF-PROPELLED AGRICULTURAL WORK MACHINE WITH IMAGE-BASED CONTROL | GLADE, ZACHARY EDWARD FREW | 9d |
| 18985672 | SELF-PROPELLED HARVESTER | FUJITA, KATRINA R | — |
| 18374847 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TECHNICAL SERVICE TO AN AGRICULTURAL WORKING MACHINE | HATCHER, DEIRDRE D | — |
| 18238591 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZED DETERMINATION OF MACHINE PARAMETERS OF AN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION MACHINE | UNDERBAKKE, JACOB DANIEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3664 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19219018 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING AN AGRICULTURAL WORK | NGUYEN, CUONG H | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 18985672 | SELF-PROPELLED HARVESTER | FUJITA, KATRINA R | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18886006 | SELF-PROPELLED AGRICULTURAL WORK MACHINE WITH IMAGE-BASED CONTROL | GLADE, ZACHARY EDWARD FREW | 3664 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18783664 | ROUTE PLANNING SYSTEM FOR A FORAGE HARVESTING CHAIN | MACIOROWSKI, GODFREY ALEKSANDER | 3658 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18751494 | IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED DETERMINATION OF THE DEGREE OF GRAIN CRACKING OF GRAINS | SHUDY, ANGELINA M | — | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18374847 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TECHNICAL SERVICE TO AN AGRICULTURAL WORKING MACHINE | HATCHER, DEIRDRE D | 3625 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18238591 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZED DETERMINATION OF MACHINE PARAMETERS OF AN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION MACHINE | UNDERBAKKE, JACOB DANIEL | 3662 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2023 |
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