Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated has 3 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, so the listed cases are distributed across separate examination paths.
BROWN, CLAUDE J is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can use a matter-specific strategy for each case and compare technical positions across the docket without relying on a concentrated examiner relationship.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, CLAUDE J | 2 | 79.8% | +17.3% |
| MEYER, JACOB B | 1 | 75.2% | +16.7% |
| HANNON, TIMOTHY | 1 | 81.6% | +11.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19055818 | TAPERED PIN CONNECTION AND ARTICULATING MOWER DECK WITH THE SAME | BROWN, CLAUDE J | — |
| 18749844 | GROUNDS MAINTENANCE VEHICLE | HANNON, TIMOTHY | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19055818 | TAPERED PIN CONNECTION AND ARTICULATING MOWER DECK WITH THE SAME | BROWN, CLAUDE J | — |
| 18960811 | SPREADER VEHICLE CONFIGURATION | MEYER, JACOB B | — |
| 18807616 | GROUNDS MAINTENANCE VEHICLE WITH ADJUSTABLE IMPLEMENT ANGLE | BROWN, CLAUDE J | — |
| 18749844 | GROUNDS MAINTENANCE VEHICLE | HANNON, TIMOTHY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3671 | 2 |
| 3613 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19055818 | TAPERED PIN CONNECTION AND ARTICULATING MOWER DECK WITH THE SAME | BROWN, CLAUDE J | 3671 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 18960811 | SPREADER VEHICLE CONFIGURATION | MEYER, JACOB B | 3613 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18807616 | GROUNDS MAINTENANCE VEHICLE WITH ADJUSTABLE IMPLEMENT ANGLE | BROWN, CLAUDE J | 3671 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18749844 | GROUNDS MAINTENANCE VEHICLE | HANNON, TIMOTHY | 3655 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialExmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Claude J Brown has the most, with 2 of Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
