Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Joseph Vögele AG is managing 4 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, indicating some concentration of the workload. The portfolio is further organized across 2 distinct art units, which suggests the applications fall into closely related technical categories within the mechanical systems domain. This structure allows the applicant to potentially leverage similar arguments across different applications.
GARY S HARTMANN is the busiest examiner for this applicant, overseeing 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This means HARTMANN handles 2 of the 4 pending office actions currently active for the company. Practitioners should prioritize understanding HARTMANN's examination patterns, as his decisions will have a direct impact on the overall success of the current patent portfolio. With 2 distinct art units to monitor, the administrative burden of tracking unit-specific trends is limited for this applicant.
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 | 4 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAN, RICHARD | 1 | 79.5% | +23.0% |
| TRIGGS, JAMES J | 1 | 87.5% | +10.1% |
| ADDIE, RAYMOND W | 1 | 81.1% | +8.5% |
| RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE | 1 | 77.7% | +7.3% |
| HUTCHINSON, ALAN D | 1 | 78.8% | +16.9% |
| PATEL, KALPIT CHANDRAKANT | 1 | 80.0% | +25.0% |
| SHAO, PHILLIP Y | 1 | 75.3% | +23.7% |
| TIGHE, DANA K | 1 | 75.8% | +16.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18889639 | EDGE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING AN EDGE | ADDIE, RAYMOND W | — |
| 18636588 | SCREED ASSEMBLY WITH FUNCTIONAL COUPLING BETWEEN A HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR A SCREED PLATE CARRIER AND A TILTING DEVICE FOR A SECONDARY SCREED PLATE ATTACHED TO THE SCREED PLATE CARRIER | PATEL, KALPIT CHANDRAKANT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18897410 | ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINE WITH ELECTRIC DRIVE | TRIGGS, JAMES J | — |
| 18617781 | AIR FILTER ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF REPLACING SEVERAL FILTER ELEMENTS | SHAO, PHILLIP Y | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19084035 | ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINE WITH WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSMISSION | TAN, RICHARD | — |
| 18897410 | ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINE WITH ELECTRIC DRIVE | TRIGGS, JAMES J | — |
| 18754300 | UNIT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ELECTRICAL REMAINING UTILIZATION CAPACITY OF AN ENERGY SUPPLY SOURCE OF A ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINE | HUTCHINSON, ALAN D | — |
| 18636588 | SCREED ASSEMBLY WITH FUNCTIONAL COUPLING BETWEEN A HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR A SCREED PLATE CARRIER AND A TILTING DEVICE FOR A SECONDARY SCREED PLATE ATTACHED TO THE SCREED PLATE CARRIER | PATEL, KALPIT CHANDRAKANT | — |
| 18617781 | AIR FILTER ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF REPLACING SEVERAL FILTER ELEMENTS | SHAO, PHILLIP Y | — |
| 18617811 | ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINE WITH SEAT CONSOLE FOR FRESH AIR SUPPLY AND METHOD | TIGHE, DANA K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2849 | 1 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| 1776 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19084035 | ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINE WITH WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSMISSION | TAN, RICHARD | 2849 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 18897410 | ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINE WITH ELECTRIC DRIVE | TRIGGS, JAMES J | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18889639 | EDGE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING AN EDGE | ADDIE, RAYMOND W | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18811562 | METHOD FOR PAVING A MULTI-LAYER ROAD SURFACE | RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18754300 | UNIT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ELECTRICAL REMAINING UTILIZATION CAPACITY OF AN ENERGY SUPPLY SOURCE OF A ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINE | HUTCHINSON, ALAN D | 3669 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18636588 | SCREED ASSEMBLY WITH FUNCTIONAL COUPLING BETWEEN A HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR A SCREED PLATE CARRIER AND A TILTING DEVICE FOR A SECONDARY SCREED PLATE ATTACHED TO THE SCREED PLATE CARRIER | PATEL, KALPIT CHANDRAKANT | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18617781 | AIR FILTER ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF REPLACING SEVERAL FILTER ELEMENTS | SHAO, PHILLIP Y | 1776 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18617811 | ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINE WITH SEAT CONSOLE FOR FRESH AIR SUPPLY AND METHOD | TIGHE, DANA K | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
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