Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 07, 2026

Deutsche Post AG

11 pending office actions • 3 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

8
Hard (73%)
3
Medium (27%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (9%)
§101 + other2 (18%)
§103 only3 (27%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (45%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
9% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
82% of docket
1
Business / Other
9% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JASMIN, LYNDA C 1 3.2% +0.6%
RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C 1 78.6% +15.3%
MA, LISA 1 48.0% +43.9%
TIGHE, BRENDAN P 1 75.9% +19.4%
DEVINE, MOLLY K 1 67.4% +30.4%
HARP, WILLIAM RAY 1 79.0% +10.8%
NGUYEN, NAM V 1 78.2% +14.5%
VETTER, DANIEL 1 19.6% +8.9%
MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT 1 25.6% +25.6%
MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A 1 48.1% +50.2%

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16014923 Limiting the Exposure of Delivery-related Information in a Delivery Process MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A 41d
19044827 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AND SORTING SHIPMENTS JASMIN, LYNDA C
18966691 Method and Apparatus for Determining Whether a Piece of Information Authorizes Access to a Compartment of a Compartment System MA, LISA
18950322 Mobile Changing Unit for Inserting a Battery Module TIGHE, BRENDAN P
18913167 Method and Means for Monitoring a Conveying Device HARP, WILLIAM RAY
18814885 Biometric Information for Collecting a Shipment NGUYEN, NAM V
18637561 Module for Determining a Shipping Option VETTER, DANIEL
17987418 METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF PARTICULAR CONTENT MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18970385 Process for Redistributing Packages in a Sorting Station RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C 138d overdue
16014923 Limiting the Exposure of Delivery-related Information in a Delivery Process MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A 41d
18966691 Method and Apparatus for Determining Whether a Piece of Information Authorizes Access to a Compartment of a Compartment System MA, LISA
18950322 Mobile Changing Unit for Inserting a Battery Module TIGHE, BRENDAN P
18941695 Process for Redistributing Packages in a Sorting Station DEVINE, MOLLY K
18913167 Method and Means for Monitoring a Conveying Device HARP, WILLIAM RAY
18814885 Biometric Information for Collecting a Shipment NGUYEN, NAM V
17987418 METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF PARTICULAR CONTENT MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3628 6
3653 3
2685 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19044827 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AND SORTING SHIPMENTS JASMIN, LYNDA C 3628 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 04, 2025
18970385 Process for Redistributing Packages in a Sorting Station RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C 3653 §103 Non-Final OA 138d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2024
18966691 Method and Apparatus for Determining Whether a Piece of Information Authorizes Access to a Compartment of a Compartment System MA, LISA 3628 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2024
18950322 Mobile Changing Unit for Inserting a Battery Module TIGHE, BRENDAN P §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18941695 Process for Redistributing Packages in a Sorting Station DEVINE, MOLLY K 3653 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2024
18913167 Method and Means for Monitoring a Conveying Device HARP, WILLIAM RAY 3653 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18814885 Biometric Information for Collecting a Shipment NGUYEN, NAM V 2685 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 26, 2024
18637561 Module for Determining a Shipping Option VETTER, DANIEL 3628 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 17, 2024
17987418 METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF PARTICULAR CONTENT MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT 3628 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2022
16014923 Limiting the Exposure of Delivery-related Information in a Delivery Process MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A 3628 §101 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jun 21, 2018
15159964 Method and apparatus for causing of unlocking and locking of at least one door of a vehicle for a delivery MURRAY, WAYNE SCOTT 3628 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 20, 2016

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