Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH & Co. Kg has 5 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 5 distinct examiners, so each case is being handled by a different individual. The portfolio is distributed across 3 distinct art units, suggesting a variety of mechanical specializations within the company's active applications. This distribution of 5 pending actions across 5 distinct examiners requires a versatile prosecution strategy.
HARCOURT, BRAD is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, matching the workload of the other four officials. With 5 pending actions and 3 art units, the company will likely interact with multiple examiners within at least one of the technical divisions. This concentration in 3 distinct art units provides some departmental context for the 5 pending office actions, even though the 5 distinct examiners are all different. Practitioners should look for consistency in how the department handles mechanical and transportation technologies while addressing the individual concerns of the 5 distinct examiners. The strategy for Bernard Krone should focus on satisfying the 5 distinct examiners while adhering to the specific technical standards of the 3 distinct art units involved.
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 (60%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARCOURT, BRAD | 1 | 84.2% | +5.3% |
| FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD | 1 | 84.9% | +3.1% |
| ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A | 1 | 59.0% | +20.6% |
| PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 1 | 60.5% | +28.1% |
| TRAN, JULIA C | 1 | 62.5% | +31.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18931082 | METHOD FOR FIELD WORKING | HARCOURT, BRAD | — |
| 18766681 | HAYMAKING MACHINE | FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18502689 | WINDROWER | TRAN, JULIA C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18673370 | SWATHER | ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A | — |
| 18673369 | TRANSMISSION UNIT | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | — |
| 18502689 | WINDROWER | TRAN, JULIA C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3668 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 3671 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18931082 | METHOD FOR FIELD WORKING | HARCOURT, BRAD | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18766681 | HAYMAKING MACHINE | FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18673370 | SWATHER | ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A | 3668 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18673369 | TRANSMISSION UNIT | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 3725 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18502689 | WINDROWER | TRAN, JULIA C | 3671 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
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