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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Herzog Railroad Services Inc. manages a patent portfolio situated in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The current state of prosecution is concentrated, featuring 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, indicating that the portfolio's immediate legal developments are being handled by a single individual at the patent office. This structure results in a single communication chain for the applicant.
The portfolio's active matters are confined to 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a specialized focus within the broader mechanical sectors. KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L serves as the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending action currently under review. Because this pending action represents the whole of the portfolio's current office action activity, the examiner's specific tendencies will be the primary factor in near-term success. This concentration allows for a targeted prosecution approach within the identified art unit.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 1 | 77.9% | +18.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18412954 | DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING PLURALITY OF FIRST CAPPING LAYERS SPACED APART FROM EACH OTHER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18412954 | DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING PLURALITY OF FIRST CAPPING LAYERS SPACED APART FROM EACH OTHER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 3615 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHerzog Railroad Services Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Zachary L Kuhfuss has the most, with 1 of Herzog Railroad Services Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
