Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Link-Belt Cranes L P Lllp focuses on the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The company has 1 pending office action currently active. This matter is situated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentrated technical focus for the company's current patenting efforts. The use of 1 distinct art unit allows for a consistent application of technical standards to the pending matter.
The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner. ADAMS, NATHANIEL L is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, handling 1 pending office action. This figure matches the total count of 1 pending office action for the company. Having ADAMS, NATHANIEL L as the sole examiner for the portfolio workload enables the company to focus its communication and strategy on the specific preferences of this examiner in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, NATHANIEL L | 1 | 72.2% | +19.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18601227 | MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR ATTACHING A SUPPORT TO A CRANE AND RELATED METHODS | ADAMS, NATHANIEL L | 49d overdue |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18601227 | MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR ATTACHING A SUPPORT TO A CRANE AND RELATED METHODS | ADAMS, NATHANIEL L | 49d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18601227 | MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR ATTACHING A SUPPORT TO A CRANE AND RELATED METHODS | ADAMS, NATHANIEL L | 3654 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialLink-Belt Cranes L P Lllp has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nathaniel L Adams has the most, with 1 of Link-Belt Cranes L P Lllp's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
