Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
Jungheinrich AG has 8 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 5 distinct art units, showing a focused technical portfolio. The prosecution involves 8 distinct examiners, which means that every pending action is being handled by a different individual. This ratio of 8 distinct examiners for 8 pending office actions indicates that there is no concentration of work under any single official.
WEISENFELD, ARYAN E is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action, which is the same as all other examiners. With 8 distinct examiners for 8 pending office actions, the workload is perfectly distributed. The 5 distinct art units suggest that the 8 pending actions are technically diverse within the mechanical systems category, despite the small total number of actions. Managing 8 pending office actions with 8 distinct examiners across 5 art units requires the company to be prepared for a range of individual perspectives. Practitioners should ensure that the prosecution of these 8 actions remains consistent despite the lack of examiner overlap.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEISENFELD, ARYAN E | 1 | 41.1% | +25.5% |
| DIAZ, THOMAS C | 1 | 68.5% | +19.0% |
| BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL | 1 | 88.8% | +16.2% |
| PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH | 1 | 67.9% | +16.9% |
| VETTER, DANIEL | 1 | 20.1% | +9.0% |
| HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | 1 | 31.7% | +35.5% |
| HINZE, LEO T | 1 | 52.7% | +10.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18229445 | BLOCK STORAGE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BLOCK STORAGE ARRANGEMENT | VETTER, DANIEL | 98d overdue |
| 18946439 | INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME | DIAZ, THOMAS C | — |
| 18802395 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND HANDLING DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOAD CARRIERS ON AN UNDERRIDE SHUTTLE | BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL | — |
| 18217772 | GREENHOUSE ASSEMBLY | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | — |
| 18328469 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHECKING A CONTOUR OF A LOAD ACCOMMODATED ON AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK | HINZE, LEO T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19213786 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSE OF A PALLET RELATIVE TO AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, AND INDUSTRIAL TRUCK | WEISENFELD, ARYAN E | — |
| 18946439 | INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME | DIAZ, THOMAS C | — |
| 18802395 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND HANDLING DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOAD CARRIERS ON AN UNDERRIDE SHUTTLE | BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL | — |
| 18658199 | METHOD FOR DEALING WITH OBSTACLES IN AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK | PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH | — |
| 18217772 | GREENHOUSE ASSEMBLY | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | — |
| 18328469 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHECKING A CONTOUR OF A LOAD ACCOMMODATED ON AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK | HINZE, LEO T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3669 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| 3647 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19213786 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSE OF A PALLET RELATIVE TO AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, AND INDUSTRIAL TRUCK | WEISENFELD, ARYAN E | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 18946439 | INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME | DIAZ, THOMAS C | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18802395 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND HANDLING DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOAD CARRIERS ON AN UNDERRIDE SHUTTLE | BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18658199 | METHOD FOR DEALING WITH OBSTACLES IN AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK | PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH | 3669 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18229445 | BLOCK STORAGE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BLOCK STORAGE ARRANGEMENT | VETTER, DANIEL | 3628 | §103 | Final Rejection | 98d overdue | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18217772 | GREENHOUSE ASSEMBLY | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | 3647 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18328469 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHECKING A CONTOUR OF A LOAD ACCOMMODATED ON AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK | HINZE, LEO T | 2853 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
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