Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Manitou Bf currently has 5 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, meaning that every pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution of examiners indicates a lack of examiner concentration in the company's current prosecution efforts.
While the examiners are diverse, the technical focus is more consolidated, with the workload falling into only 2 distinct art units. This suggests that while the company must interact with multiple people, the technical subject matter is grouped into just two specialized areas of the patent office. THOMAS C DIAZ is the busiest examiner, though he only manages 1 pending office action, reflecting the even distribution of the workload.
The presence of 2 distinct art units requires a strategy that balances technical consistency with individual examiner preferences. Because no single examiner handles more than 1 pending office action, the company must prepare for unique sets of feedback. However, the concentration in the art units may allow for some overlap in the prior art or legal arguments used across the portfolio.
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 | 3 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIAZ, THOMAS C | 1 | 68.5% | +19.0% |
| KECK, DANIEL M | 1 | 82.0% | +19.7% |
| NGUYEN, CUONG H | 1 | 78.7% | +8.9% |
| CANFIELD, ROBERT | 1 | 76.0% | +18.1% |
| SHABARA, HOSAM | 1 | 82.6% | +16.2% |
| PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 1 | 45.5% | +27.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18996531 | MACHINE FOR HANDLING A LOAD AND/OR A PERSON | KECK, DANIEL M | — |
| 18842645 | HANDLING MACHINE COMPRISING A TANK INTENDED TO CONTAIN HYDROGEN | SHABARA, HOSAM | — |
| 18696576 | HANDLING MACHINE | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18841155 | METHOD FOR LOADING A CHERRY PICKER ONTO A TRAILER OR A TRANSPORT PLATFORM, AND CHERRY PICKER ABLE TO CARRY OUT THE METHOD | DIAZ, THOMAS C | — |
| 18996531 | MACHINE FOR HANDLING A LOAD AND/OR A PERSON | KECK, DANIEL M | — |
| 18689347 | AERIAL LIFT FOR WORKING AT HEIGHT, CONTROL METHOD AND ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH AN AERIAL LIFT | CANFIELD, ROBERT | — |
| 18842645 | HANDLING MACHINE COMPRISING A TANK INTENDED TO CONTAIN HYDROGEN | SHABARA, HOSAM | — |
| 18696576 | HANDLING MACHINE | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3614 | 1 |
| 3618 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18841155 | METHOD FOR LOADING A CHERRY PICKER ONTO A TRAILER OR A TRANSPORT PLATFORM, AND CHERRY PICKER ABLE TO CARRY OUT THE METHOD | DIAZ, THOMAS C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 18996531 | MACHINE FOR HANDLING A LOAD AND/OR A PERSON | KECK, DANIEL M | 3614 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18716847 | HANDLING MACHINE COMPRISING A HYDRAULIC STEERING SYSTEM | NGUYEN, CUONG H | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18689347 | AERIAL LIFT FOR WORKING AT HEIGHT, CONTROL METHOD AND ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH AN AERIAL LIFT | CANFIELD, ROBERT | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18842645 | HANDLING MACHINE COMPRISING A TANK INTENDED TO CONTAIN HYDROGEN | SHABARA, HOSAM | 3618 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18696576 | HANDLING MACHINE | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 3634 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
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