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 • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Edscha Engineering GmbH currently has 1 pending office action under review at the patent office. This active matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SAHNI, VISHAL R. The data indicates that there are 0 distinct art units recorded for this portfolio, which suggests a specific administrative status for the 1 pending office action.
The examiner SAHNI, VISHAL R is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because SAHNI, VISHAL R handles the 1 busiest examiner pending office action, this individual is responsible for the company's current prosecution workload. Practitioners must focus their strategy on the specific requirements provided by this 1 distinct examiner. The 0 distinct art units involved may require additional coordination with the patent office to ensure proper classification.
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 |
|---|---|
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAHNI, VISHAL R | 1 | 75.4% | +18.9% |
| RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | 1 | 76.5% | +12.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18712689 | BRAKING DEVICE | SAHNI, VISHAL 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18270188 | SPINDLE ASSEMBLY FOR A SPINDLE DEVICE | RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | 2d overdue |
| 18712689 | BRAKING DEVICE | SAHNI, VISHAL R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3618 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18712689 | BRAKING DEVICE | SAHNI, VISHAL R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18270188 | SPINDLE ASSEMBLY FOR A SPINDLE DEVICE | RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | 3618 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialEdscha Engineering GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Vishal R Sahni has the most, with 1 of Edscha Engineering GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.