Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (25%)
§103 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

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
1
Semiconductors
25% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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
SOTO, HENRIX 1 71.2% +31.3%
CAMPOS JR, JUAN J 1 68.7% +19.8%
SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 1 44.5% +13.5%
BECKER, BRANDON J 1 54.3% +8.6%

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18838975 LIFTING GEAR SOTO, HENRIX
18308231 TOWER CRANE CAMPOS JR, JUAN J
17652476 CRANE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH A CRANE BECKER, BRANDON J

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
17999704 LOGISTICS TRANSPORT VEHICLE AND STRUCTURE FOR A CONSTRUCTION SITE LOGISTICS SYSTEM SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 128d overdue
18838975 LIFTING GEAR SOTO, HENRIX
18308231 TOWER CRANE CAMPOS JR, JUAN J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3654 2
3663 1
2857 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18838975 LIFTING GEAR SOTO, HENRIX 3654 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18308231 TOWER CRANE CAMPOS JR, JUAN J 3654 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 27, 2023
17999704 LOGISTICS TRANSPORT VEHICLE AND STRUCTURE FOR A CONSTRUCTION SITE LOGISTICS SYSTEM SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 128d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2022
17652476 CRANE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH A CRANE BECKER, BRANDON J 2857 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 24, 2022

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