Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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
Efs - Gesellschaft Für Hebe- Und Handhabungstechnik Mbh currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The presence of 1 distinct examiner indicates that the current prosecution is handled by an individual. The 1 distinct art unit shows that the matter is located within a specific administrative division of the patent office.
SAMPLE, JONATHAN L is the busiest examiner for this portfolio. This examiner is responsible for 1 busiest_examiner_pending action. Because there is 1 distinct examiner for the 1 pending office action, the workload is concentrated. SAMPLE, JONATHAN L manages the company's active matters in this data set. The 1 distinct art unit provides the technical framework for the examination of this case.
The Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area encompasses the pending office action. SAMPLE, JONATHAN L is the examiner listed for the portfolio. The 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit suggest a direct line of communication for the applicant. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the requirements of this 1 busiest_examiner_pending action to advance the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMPLE, JONATHAN L | 1 | 82.9% | +11.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19180500 | LIFTING DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING A LOAD AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING A LOAD | SAMPLE, JONATHAN L | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19180500 | LIFTING DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING A LOAD AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING A LOAD | SAMPLE, JONATHAN L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3657 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19180500 | LIFTING DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING A LOAD AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING A LOAD | SAMPLE, JONATHAN L | 3657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialEfs - Gesellschaft Für Hebe- Und Handhabungstechnik Mbh has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jonathan L Sample has the most, with 1 of Efs - Gesellschaft Für Hebe- Und Handhabungstechnik Mbh's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.