Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Marel Poultry B V currently has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. While there are 4 distinct examiners involved, all of them are located within the same 1 distinct art unit. This concentration in a single art unit indicates a highly specialized technical focus for the company's current prosecution efforts. Practitioners should note that while the examiners are different, they operate under the same unit-level guidelines and technical standards in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending office action. Because each of the 4 pending office actions is assigned to a different official, no single examiner has a dominant influence over the portfolio. However, the fact that all 4 distinct examiners are within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's applications are technically related. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination culture of this 1 distinct art unit while managing the individual preferences of the 4 distinct examiners. This structure allows for a centralized technical dialogue with the patent office despite the variety of examiners involved.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | 1 | 87.4% | +5.9% |
| DEVINE, MOLLY K | 1 | 67.1% | +32.0% |
| PARSLEY, DAVID J | 1 | 54.1% | +28.7% |
| NGUYEN, SON T | 1 | 28.9% | +16.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16345841 | POULTRY CONTAINER COVER, POULTRY CONTAINER, AND POULTRY CONTAINER ASSEMBLY FOR HOLDING LIVE POULTRY | NGUYEN, SON T | 48d |
| 19113677 | PRE-EVISCERATION DEVICE | PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | — |
| 18652019 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING POULTRY SLAUGHTER PRODUCTS | DEVINE, MOLLY K | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18253670 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND BATCHING FOOD ITEMS | PARSLEY, DAVID J | 31d overdue |
| 16345841 | POULTRY CONTAINER COVER, POULTRY CONTAINER, AND POULTRY CONTAINER ASSEMBLY FOR HOLDING LIVE POULTRY | NGUYEN, SON T | 48d |
| 18652019 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING POULTRY SLAUGHTER PRODUCTS | DEVINE, MOLLY K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3643 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19113677 | PRE-EVISCERATION DEVICE | PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | 3643 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 18652019 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING POULTRY SLAUGHTER PRODUCTS | DEVINE, MOLLY K | 3643 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18253670 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND BATCHING FOOD ITEMS | PARSLEY, DAVID J | 3643 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 16345841 | POULTRY CONTAINER COVER, POULTRY CONTAINER, AND POULTRY CONTAINER ASSEMBLY FOR HOLDING LIVE POULTRY | NGUYEN, SON T | 3643 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 48d | Pending | Apr 29, 2019 |
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Start Free TrialMarel Poultry B V has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 4 examiners.
Richard Thomas Price Jr. has the most, with 1 of Marel Poultry B V's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
