Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Kuhn SAS

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

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

Analysis

Kuhn SAS has 3 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are assigned to 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, so each active case follows a separate technical and examination path.

MILLER, PRESTON JAY is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should prepare application-specific responses and track the distinct art-unit records independently.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
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.

4
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

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
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MILLER, PRESTON JAY 1 54.2% +24.4%
ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 1 87.9% +3.8%
BUCK, MATTHEW R 1 83.3% +14.4%
LEE, HANA 1 57.8% +37.3%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18706429 DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE PIECE OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY THAT IS MOVABLE WITHIN AN AGRICULTURAL PLOT LEE, HANA 29d
19068052 MULTI-UNIT HARVESTING MACHINE ALLOWING THE EXECUTION OF SEQUENCES MILLER, PRESTON JAY —
19106077 SELF-PROPELLED AGRICULTURAL MACHINE WHOSE BALANCE CAN BE CONTROLLED AND ADJUSTED ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED —
18829406 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION DEVICE BUCK, MATTHEW R —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18706429 DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE PIECE OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY THAT IS MOVABLE WITHIN AN AGRICULTURAL PLOT LEE, HANA 29d
19068052 MULTI-UNIT HARVESTING MACHINE ALLOWING THE EXECUTION OF SEQUENCES MILLER, PRESTON JAY —
18829406 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION DEVICE BUCK, MATTHEW R —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3661 1
3663 1
3672 1
3662 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19068052 MULTI-UNIT HARVESTING MACHINE ALLOWING THE EXECUTION OF SEQUENCES MILLER, PRESTON JAY 3661 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 03, 2025
19106077 SELF-PROPELLED AGRICULTURAL MACHINE WHOSE BALANCE CAN BE CONTROLLED AND ADJUSTED ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 3663 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 24, 2025
18829406 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION DEVICE BUCK, MATTHEW R 3672 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18706429 DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE PIECE OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY THAT IS MOVABLE WITHIN AN AGRICULTURAL PLOT LEE, HANA 3662 §103§112 Final Rejection 29d Pending May 01, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Kuhn SAS have?

Kuhn SAS has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Kuhn SAS applications?

Preston Jay Miller has the most, with 1 of Kuhn SAS's pending office actions.

What technology area are Kuhn SAS's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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