Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Kinze Manufacturing Inc.

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

3
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§103 only1 (17%)
§102 only1 (17%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BUCK, MATTHEW R 2 83.2% +14.5%
MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 1 73.5% +16.0%
LE, JOHN H 1 87.9% +7.0%
HO, ANNA THI 1 35.8% +29.2%
GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M 1 75.7% +11.5%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18952597 ROW UNIT WITH INTEGRATED PRESSURE SOURCE BUCK, MATTHEW R

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18509957 EXPECTED PLANTING QUALITY INDICATOR AND MAPPING LE, JOHN H 15d overdue
18989319 AGRICULTURAL PLANTING IMPLEMENT WITH SEED TO GROUND SYSTEM BUCK, MATTHEW R
18436763 ALL ELECTRICAL PLANTER AND ELECTRICAL PLANTER COMPONENTS MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18052672 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR LIQUID FERTILIZER DRAWBACK HO, ANNA THI 28d
18989319 AGRICULTURAL PLANTING IMPLEMENT WITH SEED TO GROUND SYSTEM BUCK, MATTHEW R
18952597 ROW UNIT WITH INTEGRATED PRESSURE SOURCE BUCK, MATTHEW R
18436763 ALL ELECTRICAL PLANTER AND ELECTRICAL PLANTER COMPONENTS MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE
17650762 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FOR AG BASED OPERATIONS GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3671 1
2857 1
3752 1
3665 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
18436763 ALL ELECTRICAL PLANTER AND ELECTRICAL PLANTER COMPONENTS MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 3671 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 08, 2024
18509957 EXPECTED PLANTING QUALITY INDICATOR AND MAPPING LE, JOHN H 2857 §101 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2023
18052672 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR LIQUID FERTILIZER DRAWBACK HO, ANNA THI 3752 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Nov 04, 2022
17650762 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FOR AG BASED OPERATIONS GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M 3665 §112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 11, 2022

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