Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Knapp Holding GmbH has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners. Despite having multiple examiners involved, all prosecution activity is localized within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific regulatory path for these applications. The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current innovations are technically specialized within the broader transportation and mechanical systems sector.
SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J is identified as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners managing a total of 2 pending office actions, the portfolio shows a distributed examiner assignment. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit suggests that the legal strategy remains focused on a single technical classification. This concentration allows the applicant to develop a deep understanding of the specific examination trends and prior art preferences within that unit. Practitioners should note that while the workload is split between 2 distinct examiners, the shared art unit environment may lead to similar rejection patterns across the 2 pending office actions.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | 1 | 62.9% | +22.9% |
| SAN, JASON W | 1 | 65.2% | +32.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18555872 | CONNECTOR FOR TWO COMPONENTS | SAN, JASON W | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18709376 | FITTING AND CONNECTOR FOR COMPONENTS | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | — |
| 18555872 | CONNECTOR FOR TWO COMPONENTS | SAN, JASON W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18709376 | FITTING AND CONNECTOR FOR COMPONENTS | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | 3677 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18555872 | CONNECTOR FOR TWO COMPONENTS | SAN, JASON W | 3677 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
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