Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. Kg has 6 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are spread across 2 distinct art units, indicating some technical breadth within this specific field. The portfolio is being handled by 6 distinct examiners, which means that every pending action is assigned to a different individual. This distribution of 6 pending actions among the examiners requires the company to navigate multiple individual perspectives simultaneously.
JOHN D HOLMAN is the busiest examiner for the company, though they are responsible for only 1 pending office action. This high ratio of examiners to pending actions suggests that the company must manage different examination styles. The concentration in only 2 art units may provide some consistency in the underlying legal and technical hurdles despite the variety of examiners. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of these art units while remaining flexible enough to address the preferences of the different individuals.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLMAN, JOHN D | 1 | 58.7% | +21.8% |
| TARKO, ASMAMAW G | 1 | 72.7% | +9.0% |
| KING, CURTIS J | 1 | 68.0% | +29.8% |
| SWANSON, ALAINA MARIE | 1 | 75.4% | +8.8% |
| YANG, QIAN | 1 | 73.5% | +31.4% |
| ZHAO, CHRISTINE NMN | 1 | 69.0% | +42.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19184319 | Maintenance System And Maintenance Method For An Indirect Vision System Of A Vehicle | HOLMAN, JOHN D | — |
| 18983949 | Vehicle Camera With Surface Heating | SWANSON, ALAINA MARIE | — |
| 18931503 | Camera-Based System And Method For Determining And Verifying The Position Of A Trailer | YANG, QIAN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18986130 | Warning System For Warning A Vehicle Driver And Method For Warning A Vehicle Driver | KING, CURTIS J | 3d overdue |
| 19184319 | Maintenance System And Maintenance Method For An Indirect Vision System Of A Vehicle | HOLMAN, JOHN D | — |
| 18931503 | Camera-Based System And Method For Determining And Verifying The Position Of A Trailer | YANG, QIAN | — |
| 18924348 | Camera-Based System And Method For Determining The Position Of A Trailer | ZHAO, CHRISTINE NMN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2482 | 1 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19184319 | Maintenance System And Maintenance Method For An Indirect Vision System Of A Vehicle | HOLMAN, JOHN D | — | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19081537 | CAMERA MONITOR SYSTEM AND VEHICLE WITH CAMERA MONITOR SYSTEM | TARKO, ASMAMAW G | 2482 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 18986130 | Warning System For Warning A Vehicle Driver And Method For Warning A Vehicle Driver | KING, CURTIS J | 2685 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18983949 | Vehicle Camera With Surface Heating | SWANSON, ALAINA MARIE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18931503 | Camera-Based System And Method For Determining And Verifying The Position Of A Trailer | YANG, QIAN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18924348 | Camera-Based System And Method For Determining The Position Of A Trailer | ZHAO, CHRISTINE NMN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
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