Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kuhn SAS has 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, suggesting a high ratio of examiners to pending cases. The portfolio is technically focused, with all 6 pending office actions residing within 2 distinct art units. This concentration in 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations are being reviewed by a limited number of specialized technical groups at the USPTO.
TORRES, ALICIA M is the busiest examiner for Kuhn SAS, currently handling 2 pending office actions. This represents 2 of the company's 6 pending office actions. With only 5 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units involved, the company can focus its prosecution strategy on a small number of examiner preferences and art unit guidelines. The involvement of 5 distinct examiners for 6 pending office actions means that almost every case is being reviewed by a different individual, despite the narrow technical focus within 2 distinct art units.
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.
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 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TORRES, ALICIA M | 2 | 73.5% | +17.5% |
| MILLER, PRESTON JAY | 1 | 54.2% | +24.4% |
| ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED | 1 | 87.8% | +3.8% |
| BUCK, MATTHEW R | 1 | 83.3% | +14.4% |
| LEE, HANA | 1 | 57.3% | +38.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
| 19068039 | METERING UNIT FOR A SEED DRILL AND ASSOCIATED DRAIN METHOD | TORRES, ALICIA M | — |
| 19106077 | SELF-PROPELLED AGRICULTURAL MACHINE WHOSE BALANCE CAN BE CONTROLLED AND ADJUSTED | ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED | — |
| 18953849 | AGRICULTURAL MACHINE WITH ACTIVE COUPLING POINTS | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18706429 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE PIECE OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY THAT IS MOVABLE WITHIN AN AGRICULTURAL PLOT | LEE, HANA | 29d |
| 19068047 | METERING UNIT FOR A SEED DRILL AND ASSOCIATED ISOLATION METHOD | TORRES, ALICIA M | — |
| 19068052 | MULTI-UNIT HARVESTING MACHINE ALLOWING THE EXECUTION OF SEQUENCES | MILLER, PRESTON JAY | — |
| 19068039 | METERING UNIT FOR A SEED DRILL AND ASSOCIATED DRAIN METHOD | TORRES, ALICIA M | — |
| 18953849 | AGRICULTURAL MACHINE WITH ACTIVE COUPLING POINTS | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3663 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19068047 | METERING UNIT FOR A SEED DRILL AND ASSOCIATED ISOLATION METHOD | TORRES, ALICIA M | — | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19068052 | MULTI-UNIT HARVESTING MACHINE ALLOWING THE EXECUTION OF SEQUENCES | MILLER, PRESTON JAY | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19068039 | METERING UNIT FOR A SEED DRILL AND ASSOCIATED DRAIN METHOD | TORRES, ALICIA M | — | §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 |
| 18953849 | AGRICULTURAL MACHINE WITH ACTIVE COUPLING POINTS | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 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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