Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Manitou Italia S R L is currently navigating the patent prosecution process in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area with 3 pending office actions. This workload is distributed across 3 distinct examiners, which indicates that each pending matter is being evaluated by a different individual. The prosecution activity is also spread across 3 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's technical filings cover several specialized classifications within the transportation and mechanical systems field.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is HATCH, DAVID P, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This distribution shows that no single examiner holds a majority of the company's active cases, as each of the 3 pending office actions is assigned to a different professional. For patent practitioners, this variety across examiners and art units necessitates a versatile approach to prosecution, as each matter will likely face different procedural expectations. The alignment between the number of pending actions and distinct examiners highlights a decentralized prosecution environment for the current 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 | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HATCH, DAVID P | 1 | 77.2% | +11.4% |
| TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH | 1 | — | — |
| GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN | 1 | 50.0% | +29.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19083049 | STABILISING SYSTEM FOR SELF-PROPELLED OPERATING MACHINES | HATCH, DAVID P | — |
| 18769718 | SAFETY SYSTEM FOR WORKING MACHINE | TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19083049 | STABILISING SYSTEM FOR SELF-PROPELLED OPERATING MACHINES | HATCH, DAVID P | — |
| 18392643 | TELEHANDLER WITH AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION OF ENERGY SOURCES | GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3668 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19083049 | STABILISING SYSTEM FOR SELF-PROPELLED OPERATING MACHINES | HATCH, DAVID P | 3668 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 18769718 | SAFETY SYSTEM FOR WORKING MACHINE | TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH | 3653 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18392643 | TELEHANDLER WITH AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION OF ENERGY SOURCES | GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialManitou Italia S R L has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
David P Hatch has the most, with 1 of Manitou Italia S R L's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
