Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
8 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Exedy Corporation is managing 8 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are handled by 6 distinct examiners, suggesting some overlap in examiner assignments. Specifically, ZACHARY A HALL is the busiest examiner with 2 pending office actions, while the remaining actions are distributed among the other officials. The portfolio shows technical focus, as the 8 pending office actions are concentrated within 2 distinct art units.
This concentration allows the company to develop specialized expertise in the specific procedures and preferences of the art units. While 6 distinct examiners are involved, the limited number of art units may lead to consistent outcomes. ZACHARY A HALL represents a point of contact with 2 pending actions under his review. Practitioners can leverage the narrow art unit focus to streamline their arguments across the various pending matters within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area.
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 | 2 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, ZACHARY A | 2 | 61.9% | +49.0% |
| ANDERSON, AMBER R | 2 | 32.6% | +34.0% |
| FLUHART, STACEY A | 1 | 82.9% | +14.1% |
| LORENCE, RICHARD M | 1 | 83.2% | +13.0% |
| BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | 1 | 67.0% | +14.1% |
| SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | 1 | 80.3% | +15.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19094840 | DRIVE UNIT AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE | FLUHART, STACEY A | — |
| 18921145 | DAMPER DEVICE | SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19479237 | DAMPER DEVICE | HALL, ZACHARY A | — |
| 18960138 | CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH DEVICE | LORENCE, RICHARD M | — |
| 18924147 | CLAMP MECHANISM AND CARRYING VEHICLE | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | — |
| 18921091 | FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE | ANDERSON, AMBER R | — |
| 18920907 | FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE | ANDERSON, AMBER 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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19479237 | DAMPER DEVICE | HALL, ZACHARY A | — |
| 19094840 | DRIVE UNIT AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE | FLUHART, STACEY A | — |
| 18960138 | CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH DEVICE | LORENCE, RICHARD M | — |
| 18957690 | TORQUE LIMITER AND POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE | HALL, ZACHARY A | — |
| 18924147 | CLAMP MECHANISM AND CARRYING VEHICLE | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | — |
| 18921091 | FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE | ANDERSON, AMBER R | — |
| 18921145 | DAMPER DEVICE | SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | — |
| 18920907 | FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE | ANDERSON, AMBER R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3678 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19479237 | DAMPER DEVICE | HALL, ZACHARY A | 3678 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2025 |
| 19094840 | DRIVE UNIT AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE | FLUHART, STACEY A | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2025 |
| 18960138 | CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH DEVICE | LORENCE, RICHARD M | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18957690 | TORQUE LIMITER AND POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE | HALL, ZACHARY A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 23, 2024 |
| 18924147 | CLAMP MECHANISM AND CARRYING VEHICLE | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18921091 | FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE | ANDERSON, AMBER R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18921145 | DAMPER DEVICE | SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18920907 | FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE | ANDERSON, AMBER R | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2024 |
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