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
Huber Soil Solution GmbH currently manages 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is overseen by 1 distinct examiner, BUCK, MATTHEW R, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending office action. The prosecution is confined to 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated effort within a specific technical niche. With 1 pending office action, the applicant can prioritize a high-quality response to the specific issues identified by the examiner. BUCK, MATTHEW R serves as the sole point of contact for the company's current examination needs.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit indicates that the technology is being evaluated under a unified set of examination guidelines. This simplifies the prosecution landscape, as there is no need to reconcile different art unit cultures or examiner styles. Because 1 distinct examiner is involved, the company can develop a targeted communication strategy for BUCK, MATTHEW R. The Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area can be broad, but the focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific application of the technology. Managing 1 pending office action requires focused administrative attention, allowing the legal team to prioritize the technical merits of the case.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCK, MATTHEW R | 1 | 83.3% | +14.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18274892 | Turning Plowing Device | BUCK, MATTHEW R | 140d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18274892 | Turning Plowing Device | BUCK, MATTHEW R | 140d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3672 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18274892 | Turning Plowing Device | BUCK, MATTHEW R | 3672 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 140d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
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