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 • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dematic GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The alignment of 1 pending office action with 1 distinct examiner indicates a focused prosecution effort for the company's current intellectual property interests.
BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending matter. As the only examiner among the 1 distinct examiners, BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL handles the entirety of the current workload. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit confirms the concentration of legal activity in a single technical division of the patent office.
This focused approach in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems allows for consistent communication and specialized review. BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL oversees the 1 pending matter, providing a singular point of contact for the applicant. Such a structure can streamline the examination process by ensuring the examiner is well-versed in the specific mechanical nuances of the filing.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL | 1 | 89.0% | +15.6% |
| KEENAN, JAMES W | 1 | 66.9% | +24.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18838414 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY STACKING PACKAGES ON A SUPPORT IN MULTIPLE LAYERS | BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18485466 | STORAGE SYSTEM WITH A MULTI-LEVEL STORAGE RACK AND METHOD OF OPERATION FOR PROVIDING TRANSPORT UNITS FROM A STORAGE FACILITY ON AT LEAST ONE REMOVAL LINE | KEENAN, JAMES W | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18838414 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY STACKING PACKAGES ON A SUPPORT IN MULTIPLE LAYERS | BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL | — |
| 18485466 | STORAGE SYSTEM WITH A MULTI-LEVEL STORAGE RACK AND METHOD OF OPERATION FOR PROVIDING TRANSPORT UNITS FROM A STORAGE FACILITY ON AT LEAST ONE REMOVAL LINE | KEENAN, JAMES W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3655 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18838414 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY STACKING PACKAGES ON A SUPPORT IN MULTIPLE LAYERS | BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL | 3655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18485466 | STORAGE SYSTEM WITH A MULTI-LEVEL STORAGE RACK AND METHOD OF OPERATION FOR PROVIDING TRANSPORT UNITS FROM A STORAGE FACILITY ON AT LEAST ONE REMOVAL LINE | KEENAN, JAMES W | 3655 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDematic GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Laurence Raphael Brothers has the most, with 1 of Dematic GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
