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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Heckler & Koch GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single action is assigned to a distinct art unit and is being reviewed by a distinct examiner. HAYES, BRET C is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. This focused activity indicates a very specific and singular engagement with the patent office at this time.
Because there is only a single pending office action, the entire prosecution profile is defined by this interaction. The distinct examiner and art unit represent the total scope of the company's current activity at the patent office. Prosecution strategy is therefore entirely focused on the specific requirements and feedback from HAYES, BRET C. For the company, the outcome of this pending office action will determine the immediate success of its efforts within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area, as there are no other active applications to provide alternative paths to allowance.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYES, BRET C | 1 | 80.3% | +15.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19335989 | ENCODING SAFETY SYSTEMS FOR FIREARMS | HAYES, BRET C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19335989 | ENCODING SAFETY SYSTEMS FOR FIREARMS | HAYES, BRET C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3641 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19335989 | ENCODING SAFETY SYSTEMS FOR FIREARMS | HAYES, BRET C | 3641 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialHeckler & Koch GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Bret C Hayes has the most, with 1 of Heckler & Koch GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
