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
Element Six GmbH has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are assigned to 3 distinct examiners in 1 distinct art unit. ANDRISH, SEAN D is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. All 3 pending office actions are being reviewed within the same group by different individuals.
The presence of 3 distinct examiners for the three cases shows that the company is navigating three different examination styles simultaneously. Even though the 1 distinct art unit is the same, each person may bring a different perspective to the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems applications. ANDRISH, SEAN D is one of the three professionals currently reviewing the company's work. Practitioners should be prepared for varied feedback across the portfolio. The strategy must account for the specific nuances of each assigned examiner. This distribution ensures that the company's success is not tied to a single person, despite the technical focus of the 3 pending office actions. Every development in this single group is critical.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDRISH, SEAN D | 1 | 71.5% | +32.2% |
| SINGH, SUNIL | 1 | 67.4% | +24.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19473764 | MINING METHOD | ANDRISH, SEAN D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19473764 | MINING METHOD | ANDRISH, SEAN D | — |
| 18864810 | METHOD OF MINING USING A DISC CUTTER | SINGH, SUNIL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3678 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19473764 | MINING METHOD | ANDRISH, SEAN D | 3678 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2025 |
| 18864810 | METHOD OF MINING USING A DISC CUTTER | SINGH, SUNIL | 3678 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialElement Six GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Sean D Andrish has the most, with 1 of Element Six GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
