Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lemken GmbH & Co. Kg is currently processing 5 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are concentrated within 2 distinct art units, which suggests a very focused technical scope for their current filings. The use of only 2 units for 5 actions indicates that multiple applications are being reviewed by the same specialized departments, potentially allowing for a more unified prosecution strategy within those specific areas.
The company is working with 5 distinct examiners to resolve these 5 pending actions. Madison Renee Inserra is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending action. Because there are 5 examiners for 5 actions, no single examiner is handling more than one case. This lack of examiner overlap, even with Madison Renee Inserra holding the busiest title at 1 action, means that prosecution strategies must be tailored to 5 different individuals. However, the concentration within 2 distinct art units provides a point of technical consistency across the 5 pending matters.
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 | 2 (40%) |
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSERRA, MADISON RENEE | 1 | 69.6% | +36.0% |
| PRICE, MITCHELL JAMES | 1 | 83.3% | +25.0% |
| MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | 1 | 73.5% | +16.2% |
| BEHRENS, ADAM J | 1 | 77.3% | +12.1% |
| HERZOG, MADHURI R | 1 | 78.3% | +12.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18938309 | AGRICULTURAL MACHINE | PRICE, MITCHELL JAMES | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18777562 | METHOD FOR HANDLING DATA RELATING TO AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINE | HERZOG, MADHURI R | 161d overdue |
| 19167182 | AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM | INSERRA, MADISON RENEE | — |
| 18938312 | CONNECTION SYSTEM | MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18777562 | METHOD FOR HANDLING DATA RELATING TO AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINE | HERZOG, MADHURI R | 161d overdue |
| 19167182 | AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM | INSERRA, MADISON RENEE | — |
| 18938309 | AGRICULTURAL MACHINE | PRICE, MITCHELL JAMES | — |
| 18938312 | CONNECTION SYSTEM | MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | — |
| 18842104 | SOIL-CULTIVATION DEVICE | BEHRENS, ADAM J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3662 | 1 |
| 2438 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19167182 | AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM | INSERRA, MADISON RENEE | 3662 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 18938309 | AGRICULTURAL MACHINE | PRICE, MITCHELL JAMES | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18938312 | CONNECTION SYSTEM | MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18842104 | SOIL-CULTIVATION DEVICE | BEHRENS, ADAM J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18777562 | METHOD FOR HANDLING DATA RELATING TO AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINE | HERZOG, MADHURI R | 2438 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 161d overdue | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
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