Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
K A Schmersal Holding GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a very specific focus for the company's current patent prosecution, with all activity centered on a single technical area.
The busiest examiner for the company is WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. As this is the only pending action, the examiner's review will determine the immediate path forward for the company's intellectual property. The involvement of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company is not currently managing a broad array of simultaneous patent challenges.
Practitioners should note that the 1 pending office action is the sole focus of the company's engagement with the patent office in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H is the only individual reviewing the company's claims at this stage. This concentrated profile simplifies the management of the 1 pending office action but places significant importance on this single prosecution thread.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | 1 | 82.2% | +13.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18722532 | RELIABLE OPTICAL TRANSIT TIME METHOD FOR DETERMINING DISTANCE VALUES | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18722532 | RELIABLE OPTICAL TRANSIT TIME METHOD FOR DETERMINING DISTANCE VALUES | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18722532 | RELIABLE OPTICAL TRANSIT TIME METHOD FOR DETERMINING DISTANCE VALUES | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialK A Schmersal Holding GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Assres H Woldemaryam has the most, with 1 of K A Schmersal Holding GmbH & Co. Kg's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.