Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Contitech Deutschland GmbH is currently processing 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct art units, suggesting a focused technical scope. Each of the 6 pending actions is assigned to a different examiner, as there are 6 distinct examiners involved in the portfolio. This distribution requires the company to manage 6 separate examiner relationships for its current pending matters.
Morgan T. Jordan is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. The ratio of 6 examiners to 3 art units indicates that multiple examiners are likely working within the same art units on the company's behalf. This structure allows for potential internal consistency within the 3 art units even as the company interacts with 6 different individuals. Practitioners should monitor the specific trends within these 3 art units to ensure that their advocacy in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area remains effective. The involvement of 6 distinct examiners ensures that the portfolio's progress is not overly dependent on the perspective of any single official.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JORDAN, MORGAN T | 1 | 52.8% | +34.0% |
| CRAWFORD, GENE O | 1 | 45.9% | +5.7% |
| FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 76.2% | +39.5% |
| HANDVILLE, BRIAN | 1 | 51.4% | +28.9% |
| KASENGE, CHARLES R | 1 | 84.0% | +13.8% |
| SINGH, KAVEL | 1 | 83.7% | +14.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18617193 | SYNCHRONIZING CONDITIONS FOR CONVEYOR BELT MONITORING | SINGH, KAVEL | 71d overdue |
| 19474860 | HOOF-BOOT SYSTEM COMPRISING A HOOF BOOT HAVING A SENSOR SYSTEM AND COMPRISING ELECTRONIC HOOF COMPONENTS | JORDAN, MORGAN T | — |
| 19133531 | STEEP-ANGLE THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER BELTS AND BELTS MADE FROM A COMBINATION OF A RUBBER AND THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS WITH THERMOPLASTIC ABRASIVE AND IMPACT RESISTANT CHEVRON CLEATS FOR MINING AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS | CRAWFORD, GENE O | — |
| 19050474 | CRIMPING ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS HAVING A DIE STOP | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 19102175 | DRIVE BELT WTH CONDUCTING ELEMENTS | HANDVILLE, BRIAN | — |
| 18664609 | DIE SET IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION | KASENGE, CHARLES R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18617193 | SYNCHRONIZING CONDITIONS FOR CONVEYOR BELT MONITORING | SINGH, KAVEL | 71d overdue |
| 19474860 | HOOF-BOOT SYSTEM COMPRISING A HOOF BOOT HAVING A SENSOR SYSTEM AND COMPRISING ELECTRONIC HOOF COMPONENTS | JORDAN, MORGAN T | — |
| 19050474 | CRIMPING ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS HAVING A DIE STOP | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 19102175 | DRIVE BELT WTH CONDUCTING ELEMENTS | HANDVILLE, BRIAN | — |
| 18664609 | DIE SET IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION | KASENGE, CHARLES R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3651 | 2 |
| 3643 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19474860 | HOOF-BOOT SYSTEM COMPRISING A HOOF BOOT HAVING A SENSOR SYSTEM AND COMPRISING ELECTRONIC HOOF COMPONENTS | JORDAN, MORGAN T | 3643 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2025 |
| 19133531 | STEEP-ANGLE THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER BELTS AND BELTS MADE FROM A COMBINATION OF A RUBBER AND THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS WITH THERMOPLASTIC ABRASIVE AND IMPACT RESISTANT CHEVRON CLEATS FOR MINING AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS | CRAWFORD, GENE O | 3651 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19050474 | CRIMPING ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS HAVING A DIE STOP | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 3726 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19102175 | DRIVE BELT WTH CONDUCTING ELEMENTS | HANDVILLE, BRIAN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 18664609 | DIE SET IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION | KASENGE, CHARLES R | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18617193 | SYNCHRONIZING CONDITIONS FOR CONVEYOR BELT MONITORING | SINGH, KAVEL | 3651 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 71d overdue | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
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