Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Manitou Italia S R L is currently overseeing 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This indicates a high degree of variety in the prosecution process, as every pending action is assigned to a different individual examiner.
DAVID P HATCH is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. Because there are 4 distinct examiners for 4 pending office actions, the workload is distributed, and no single examiner has more than one matter. The 3 distinct art units involved suggest that the company's technology is categorized into several different specialized groups within the patent office.
The ratio of 4 distinct examiners to 4 pending office actions means that the company must navigate 4 different sets of examiner preferences. Furthermore, the 3 distinct art units indicate that the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems work is not confined to a single technical silo. This diversity in both examiners and art units requires a broad and flexible approach to patent prosecution.
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 | 77.0% | +11.8% |
| TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH | 1 | — | — |
| GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN | 1 | 52.0% | +27.4% |
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 | — | §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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