Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
INNIO Jenbacher GmbH & Co OG is currently managing 5 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 5 pending office actions are assigned to 5 distinct examiners, resulting in a ratio of 5 examiners to 5 actions. The prosecution spans 4 distinct art units, indicating that the company's mechanical innovations are reviewed by several different specialized groups. STANEK, KELSEY L is the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing 1 pending action. This distribution shows a decentralized prosecution landscape where no examiner handles more than 1 case.
For a patent practitioner, the presence of 5 pending office actions across 4 distinct art units requires a strategy that can adapt to the varying standards of different examination groups. With 5 distinct examiners involved, the company's patent prospects are spread across several individuals, which may lead to a variety of prosecution outcomes. STANEK, KELSEY L, as the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, represents the standard for this portfolio where every case has a unique examiner. This lack of concentration across 4 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector are technically diverse, requiring a range of expertise from the 5 distinct examiners assigned to the cases.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | 1 | 74.4% | +11.2% |
| KIM, JAMES JAY | 1 | 70.3% | +27.4% |
| ABDELSALAM, FATHI KAMAL | 1 | 11.8% | +17.0% |
| HUYNH, HAI H | 1 | 93.4% | +7.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19287733 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | — |
| 18981432 | LIFTING DEVICE | ABDELSALAM, FATHI KAMAL | — |
| 18424675 | SPARK PLUG CONNECTOR | HUYNH, HAI H | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19287733 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | — |
| 19227301 | COMBUSTION ENGINE | KIM, JAMES JAY | — |
| 18981432 | LIFTING DEVICE | ABDELSALAM, FATHI KAMAL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3747 | 1 |
| 3654 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19287733 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | 3747 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19227301 | COMBUSTION ENGINE | KIM, JAMES JAY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 18981432 | LIFTING DEVICE | ABDELSALAM, FATHI KAMAL | 3654 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18424675 | SPARK PLUG CONNECTOR | HUYNH, HAI H | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
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