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 • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while different examiners are involved, the company's current prosecution is focused on a specific administrative group within the patent office.
MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 pending office action. Given that the total pending office actions count is 2, the busiest examiner pending count of 1 indicates an even distribution of the workload between the 2 distinct examiners. This structure allows for multiple examiner perspectives within a single art unit. Practitioners should note that while the examiner contact points are diverse, the procedural environment remains consistent across the 1 art unit involved.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE | 1 | 45.6% | +33.9% |
| SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 1 | 45.6% | +16.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17782900 | CONTROL OF THE DISPENSING OF AN ADHESION-INCREASING AGENT FOR A RAIL VEHICLE | MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17782900 | CONTROL OF THE DISPENSING OF AN ADHESION-INCREASING AGENT FOR A RAIL VEHICLE | MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE | — |
| 16472655 | METHOD FOR MAINTAINING TOTAL BRAKING POWER OF A TRAIN WHILE TAKING THE AVAILABLE FRICTION CONDITIONS INTO CONSIDERATION | SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3663 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17782900 | CONTROL OF THE DISPENSING OF AN ADHESION-INCREASING AGENT FOR A RAIL VEHICLE | MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE | 3663 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2022 |
| 16472655 | METHOD FOR MAINTAINING TOTAL BRAKING POWER OF A TRAIN WHILE TAKING THE AVAILABLE FRICTION CONDITIONS INTO CONSIDERATION | SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2019 |
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Start Free TrialKnorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Aaron Kyle Mccullers has the most, with 1 of Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
