Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
26 pending office actions • 3 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 63 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kiekert AG has 23 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are handled by 14 distinct examiners across 5 distinct art units, showing more examiner dispersion than art-unit dispersion. That pattern suggests that technical grouping is relatively concentrated while prosecution practice is distributed among multiple examiners.
MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE is the busiest examiner, with 4 pending matters. The concentration gives counsel a meaningful opportunity to monitor recurring treatment in that examiner’s matters, while the remaining examiner assignments call for adaptable response planning. A coordinated claim vocabulary across the five art-unit settings can help preserve consistency without assuming that all examiners will apply the same amendment preferences.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 8 (31%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 17 (65%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | 4 | 66.0% | +19.9% |
| WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 4 | 54.9% | +37.8% |
| MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 4 | 64.6% | +31.2% |
| LUGO, CARLOS | 2 | 74.9% | +13.6% |
| SIDKY, YAHYA I | 2 | 76.0% | +21.4% |
| WILLIAMS, MARK A | 2 | 77.9% | +13.0% |
| TULLIA, STEVEN A | 1 | 74.7% | +18.8% |
| CUMAR, NATHAN | 1 | 78.8% | +14.6% |
| LYJAK, LORI LYNN | 1 | 89.9% | +8.5% |
| BROWN, EMILY GAIL | 1 | 75.3% | +16.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18709556 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR ARRANGEMENT | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 23d |
| 18994650 | DRIVE UNIT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | SIDKY, YAHYA I | 41d |
| 19125805 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK LOCKING MECHANISM | LUGO, CARLOS | — |
| 19108612 | LOCK FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | LUGO, CARLOS | — |
| 19106259 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | — |
| 19103952 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | CUMAR, NATHAN | — |
| 19103635 | CHARGING SOCKET FOR AN ELECTRIC OR HYBRID VEHICLE | LYJAK, LORI LYNN | — |
| 18881916 | LOCK HOLDER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | BROWN, EMILY GAIL | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18707646 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 12d |
| 18709556 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR ARRANGEMENT | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 23d |
| 18994650 | DRIVE UNIT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | SIDKY, YAHYA I | 41d |
| 19163140 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | — |
| 19156451 | LOCK FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR HOOD LOCK OR PANEL LOCK | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | — |
| 19125805 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK LOCKING MECHANISM | LUGO, CARLOS | — |
| 19108612 | LOCK FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | LUGO, CARLOS | — |
| 19106259 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 23 |
| 2834 | 2 |
| 3612 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19163140 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2025 |
| 19156451 | LOCK FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR HOOD LOCK OR PANEL LOCK | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | 3675 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2025 |
| 19125805 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK LOCKING MECHANISM | LUGO, CARLOS | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19108612 | LOCK FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | LUGO, CARLOS | 3675 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19106259 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19104250 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | TULLIA, STEVEN A | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19103952 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | CUMAR, NATHAN | 3675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19103635 | CHARGING SOCKET FOR AN ELECTRIC OR HYBRID VEHICLE | LYJAK, LORI LYNN | 3612 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 18994650 | DRIVE UNIT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | SIDKY, YAHYA I | 3675 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 18881916 | LOCK HOLDER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | BROWN, EMILY GAIL | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18992224 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18880688 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18880691 | LOCK HOLDER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18876756 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | SIDKY, YAHYA I | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18876754 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCKING DEVICE | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 3675 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18869363 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCKING DEVICE | WILLIAMS, MARK A | 3675 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18853541 | MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18851436 | PLUG CONNECTOR PART | RAHMAN, THASLIMUR | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18718984 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | WILLIAMS, MARK A | 3675 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18718207 | ACTUATOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18715814 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | 3675 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18709556 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR ARRANGEMENT | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18707646 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 19131991 | LATCH FOR FRONT HOOD OF VEHICLE | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 18845190 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | 3675 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18556920 | MOTOR-VEHICLE LOCK, IN PARTICULAR ELECTRIC LOCK | IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKiekert AG has 26 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 14 examiners.
Thomas L Neubauer has the most, with 4 of Kiekert AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
