Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Dejana Truck And Utility Equipment Co. Inc. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This prosecution activity is distributed across 2 distinct examiners. Despite the 2 examiners involved, the portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration in 1 art unit suggests a focused examination environment for the company's current filings, where technical standards may be consistent across applications.
ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio. This individual is responsible for 1 pending office action. The alignment of 2 pending actions across 2 examiners suggests a specific ratio for the current workload. Practitioners should note the focus in 1 art unit while navigating these interactions. Because there are 2 distinct examiners for 2 actions, the company must manage different examiner perspectives even within 1 art unit. This requires a strategy that balances the specific preferences of each examiner while maintaining a technical argument for the 1 art unit involved.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK | 1 | 63.3% | +24.5% |
| WILKENS, JANET MARIE | 1 | 72.5% | +12.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18991948 | SHELVING SYSTEMS | WILKENS, JANET MARIE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19169121 | DRAWER ASSEMBLY | ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK | — |
| 18991948 | SHELVING SYSTEMS | WILKENS, JANET MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3637 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19169121 | DRAWER ASSEMBLY | ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK | 3637 | §112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 18991948 | SHELVING SYSTEMS | WILKENS, JANET MARIE | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
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