Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH has 6 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 6 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, indicating dispersed examiner assignments with some technical grouping.
SOTO, HENRIX is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Counsel should review each file independently and use art-unit overlap to maintain consistency where technical issues recur.
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 | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOTO, HENRIX | 1 | 70.8% | +29.3% |
| KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM | 1 | — | — |
| KECK, DANIEL M | 1 | 82.2% | +19.1% |
| KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS | 1 | 85.2% | +3.3% |
| BOWES, STEPHEN M | 1 | 66.3% | +25.9% |
| CAMPOS JR, JUAN J | 1 | 68.8% | +19.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19015170 | WORKING MACHINE, IN PARTICULAR CRANE, WITH MOTOR BRAKE | KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM | — |
| 18981138 | MOBILE WORK MACHINE AND DRIVE SYSTEM FOR SUCH A MACHINE | KECK, DANIEL M | — |
| 18894894 | DRIVING APPARATUS FOR A MOBILE CRANE | KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS | — |
| 18525683 | CRANE WITH BRACING FRAME AND METHOD FOR BRACING SUCH A CRANE | CAMPOS JR, JUAN J | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19333053 | LIFTING SYSTEM AND LIFTING METHOD FOR A CRANE | SOTO, HENRIX | — |
| 18981138 | MOBILE WORK MACHINE AND DRIVE SYSTEM FOR SUCH A MACHINE | KECK, DANIEL M | — |
| 18620450 | MOBILE EQUIPMENT | BOWES, STEPHEN M | — |
| 18525683 | CRANE WITH BRACING FRAME AND METHOD FOR BRACING SUCH A CRANE | CAMPOS JR, JUAN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3654 | 3 |
| 3614 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| 3616 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19333053 | LIFTING SYSTEM AND LIFTING METHOD FOR A CRANE | SOTO, HENRIX | 3654 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2025 |
| 19015170 | WORKING MACHINE, IN PARTICULAR CRANE, WITH MOTOR BRAKE | KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM | 3654 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18981138 | MOBILE WORK MACHINE AND DRIVE SYSTEM FOR SUCH A MACHINE | KECK, DANIEL M | 3614 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18894894 | DRIVING APPARATUS FOR A MOBILE CRANE | KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS | 3655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18620450 | MOBILE EQUIPMENT | BOWES, STEPHEN M | 3616 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18525683 | CRANE WITH BRACING FRAME AND METHOD FOR BRACING SUCH A CRANE | CAMPOS JR, JUAN J | 3654 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLiebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 6 examiners.
Henrix Soto has the most, with 1 of Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
