Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Jbt Marel Corporation

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Jbt Marel Corporation has 8 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 8 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, showing broad examiner distribution with some art-unit recurrence.

CADEAU, WEDNEL is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because the matters are not concentrated with one examiner, counsel should coordinate portfolio-wide technical terminology and support while adapting claim and prior-art arguments to each examination assignment.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

3
Hard (38%)
5
Medium (62%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (62%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (38%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
75% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CADEAU, WEDNEL 1 71.6% +19.6%
JOERGER, KAITLIN S 1 86.5% +11.2%
PARSLEY, DAVID J 1 54.1% +28.7%
NORTON, JOHN J 1 67.5% +28.3%
SZUMNY, JONATHON A 1 56.8% +54.9%
NGUYEN, PHUONG T 1 74.0% +36.7%
KHLOK, BONITA 1 48.8% +47.2%
STULII, VERA 1 32.7% +24.9%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18930758 RACK STACKING SYSTEM JOERGER, KAITLIN S —

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18910988 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING WORKPIECES PARSLEY, DAVID J 5d overdue
18824704 VARIABLE BI-DIRECTIONAL AIRFLOW SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A THERMAL PROCESSING MACHINE NORTON, JOHN J —
18665487 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPTIMIZING WORKPIECE TRIM PRODUCTION AND USE SZUMNY, JONATHON A —

Interview Candidates (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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18910988 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING WORKPIECES PARSLEY, DAVID J 5d overdue
17858677 FULL NEEDLE PENETRATION ON CONVEYOR BELT INJECTOR KHLOK, BONITA 34d
18300129 PORK BELLY PROCESSING NGUYEN, PHUONG T 84d
19056148 TECHNIQUES FOR NON-CONTACT THROUGHPUT MEASUREMENT IN FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEMS CADEAU, WEDNEL —
18930758 RACK STACKING SYSTEM JOERGER, KAITLIN S —
18824704 VARIABLE BI-DIRECTIONAL AIRFLOW SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A THERMAL PROCESSING MACHINE NORTON, JOHN J —
18665487 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPTIMIZING WORKPIECE TRIM PRODUCTION AND USE SZUMNY, JONATHON A —
16887075 HIGH VISCOSITY BRINE FOR WHOLE POULTRY STULII, VERA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3761 3
2632 1
3655 1
3643 1
3686 1
1791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19056148 TECHNIQUES FOR NON-CONTACT THROUGHPUT MEASUREMENT IN FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEMS CADEAU, WEDNEL 2632 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2025
18930758 RACK STACKING SYSTEM JOERGER, KAITLIN S 3655 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18910988 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING WORKPIECES PARSLEY, DAVID J 3643 §103§112 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2024
18824704 VARIABLE BI-DIRECTIONAL AIRFLOW SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A THERMAL PROCESSING MACHINE NORTON, JOHN J 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2024
18665487 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPTIMIZING WORKPIECE TRIM PRODUCTION AND USE SZUMNY, JONATHON A 3686 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2024
18300129 PORK BELLY PROCESSING NGUYEN, PHUONG T 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Apr 13, 2023
17858677 FULL NEEDLE PENETRATION ON CONVEYOR BELT INJECTOR KHLOK, BONITA 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jul 06, 2022
16887075 HIGH VISCOSITY BRINE FOR WHOLE POULTRY STULII, VERA 1791 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Jbt Marel Corporation have?

Jbt Marel Corporation has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 8 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Jbt Marel Corporation applications?

Wednel Cadeau has the most, with 1 of Jbt Marel Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Jbt Marel Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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