Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Mack Rides GmbH & Co. Kg

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Mack Rides GmbH & Co. Kg is managing 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. The distribution of 2 pending actions among 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units indicates that each case is being handled in a different technical environment.

The busiest examiner pending count of 1 shows that no single examiner is managing more than one case for the company. This structure suggests a range of mechanical or transportation technologies are currently under review. Each of the 2 distinct examiners handles a single action, providing a variety of perspectives on the company's technology. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the transportation filings cover multiple technical sections of the patent office. This arrangement requires the company to manage interactions with 2 different examiners across 2 separate art units. MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE is one of the 2 distinct examiners handling the pending office actions.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

2
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 1 80.4% +34.8%
BUCK, LINDSEY A 1 49.4% +34.3%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19476985 AMUSEMENT RIDE, IN PARTICUAR ROLLER OASTER, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH AN AMUSEMENT RIDE MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE —
19168912 DEVICE FOR RECOVERING ENERGY, VEHICLE AND FAIRGROUND RIDE COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE BUCK, LINDSEY A —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19476985 AMUSEMENT RIDE, IN PARTICUAR ROLLER OASTER, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH AN AMUSEMENT RIDE MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE —
19168912 DEVICE FOR RECOVERING ENERGY, VEHICLE AND FAIRGROUND RIDE COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE BUCK, LINDSEY A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3673 1
1728 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19476985 AMUSEMENT RIDE, IN PARTICUAR ROLLER OASTER, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH AN AMUSEMENT RIDE MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 3673 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 20, 2025
19168912 DEVICE FOR RECOVERING ENERGY, VEHICLE AND FAIRGROUND RIDE COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE BUCK, LINDSEY A 1728 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2025

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