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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Henn GmbH & Co. KG is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is being examined by 1 distinct examiner, JAMES ALBERT LINFORD, in a single distinct art unit. As the busiest examiner, JAMES ALBERT LINFORD is responsible for the company's only 1 pending office action. This indicates a focused prosecution effort where the outcome depends on the review of a single examiner within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area.
The company's patent strategy is currently streamlined, as it only needs to coordinate with 1 distinct examiner and a single distinct art unit. This lack of portfolio complexity allows for a direct response to the 1 pending office action. The role of JAMES ALBERT LINFORD is central to the company's current goals in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field, with no other pending matters requiring attention across different USPTO departments.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT | 1 | 64.1% | +33.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19472220 | PLUG CONNECTOR | LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19472220 | PLUG CONNECTOR | LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT | 3679 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2025 |
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