Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dayco Europe S R L has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This case is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MARK KENNETH BUSE, in 1 distinct art unit. MARK KENNETH BUSE is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action.
With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the prosecution is concentrated. The 1 distinct art unit aligns with the company's focus on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Because there is only 1 pending office action, the entire portfolio's current progress depends on this 1 distinct examiner.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific mechanical systems focus for the pending application. Practitioners working with Dayco Europe S R L only need to account for the specific requirements of MARK KENNETH BUSE. The alignment of the art unit with the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area indicates a specific technical focus.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSE, MARK KENNETH | 1 | 77.5% | +9.0% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18854207 | CVT BELT | BUSE, MARK KENNETH | 3654 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDayco Europe S R L has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Mark Kenneth Buse has the most, with 1 of Dayco Europe S R L's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
