Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kinze Manufacturing Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 3 pending office actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit. BUCK, MATTHEW R serves as the busiest examiner, handling 2 of the pending office actions. This indicates that a portion of the current prosecution workload is concentrated with 1 examiner.
The concentration of 3 pending office actions within 1 distinct art unit suggests a narrow technical focus for the current portfolio. While there are 2 distinct examiners involved, the workload is distributed such that BUCK, MATTHEW R manages 2 actions. This means that the actions assigned to BUCK, MATTHEW R are more than the 1 distinct art unit count.
Practitioners should prepare for a prosecution environment where the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems matters are handled by 2 distinct examiners. Having distinct examiners for the actions provides variety within the portfolio. This structure indicates that the 1 distinct art unit is the primary location for active matters.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCK, MATTHEW R | 2 | 83.3% | +14.4% |
| SEOL, DAVIN | 1 | 67.0% | +15.2% |
| GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M | 1 | 76.6% | +11.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18952597 | ROW UNIT WITH INTEGRATED PRESSURE SOURCE | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18989319 | AGRICULTURAL PLANTING IMPLEMENT WITH SEED TO GROUND SYSTEM | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18915036 | AGRICULTURAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SOIL AND SEED CHARACTERISTICS AND ANALYZING THE SAME | SEOL, DAVIN | — |
| 17650762 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FOR AG BASED OPERATIONS | GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18989319 | AGRICULTURAL PLANTING IMPLEMENT WITH SEED TO GROUND SYSTEM | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18952597 | ROW UNIT WITH INTEGRATED PRESSURE SOURCE | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18915036 | AGRICULTURAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SOIL AND SEED CHARACTERISTICS AND ANALYZING THE SAME | SEOL, DAVIN | — |
| 17650762 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FOR AG BASED OPERATIONS | GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3662 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18989319 | AGRICULTURAL PLANTING IMPLEMENT WITH SEED TO GROUND SYSTEM | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18952597 | ROW UNIT WITH INTEGRATED PRESSURE SOURCE | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18915036 | AGRICULTURAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SOIL AND SEED CHARACTERISTICS AND ANALYZING THE SAME | SEOL, DAVIN | 3662 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 17650762 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FOR AG BASED OPERATIONS | GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M | 3665 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2022 |
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