Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Igus SE & Co. Kg has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that each of the 2 pending matters is being handled by a different examiner in a different art unit, reflecting a range of technical sub-specialties within the broader mechanical systems category.
BROWN, DREW J serves as the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there are 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the workload is balanced across the identified personnel. The presence of 2 distinct art units for 2 actions suggests that the company's filings are not concentrated in 1 niche but are instead reviewed by different specialized groups at the patent office. This variety requires the applicant to navigate different sets of examiner expectations and 2 distinct art unit practices.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, DREW J | 1 | 89.5% | +5.9% |
| AUBREY, BETH A | 1 | 80.6% | +17.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18868589 | Main Frame, Front Fork, and Bicycle Frame Comprising Same | BROWN, DREW J | — |
| 18038021 | SHIELDING APPARATUS FOR A WORKSTATION | AUBREY, BETH A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18038021 | SHIELDING APPARATUS FOR A WORKSTATION | AUBREY, BETH A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3617 | 1 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18868589 | Main Frame, Front Fork, and Bicycle Frame Comprising Same | BROWN, DREW J | 3617 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18038021 | SHIELDING APPARATUS FOR A WORKSTATION | AUBREY, BETH A | 3633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2023 |
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