Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Mittelmann Sicherheitstechnik GmbH & Co. Kg is managing 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner in a distinct art unit. The current prosecution footprint is localized within the patent office structure, reflecting a targeted approach to mechanical systems protection.
CONLEY, FREDRICK C is the busiest examiner, responsible for the pending office action. Since there is a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, the outcome of the company's current patent efforts depends on this specific relationship. This concentration simplifies the monitoring of pending actions for this entity and allows for a tailored response strategy.
The focus on a single pending action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector suggests that the company is pursuing a specific technical advancement. Practitioners should analyze the examiner's past behavior in this art unit to anticipate potential rejections. The limited scope of the portfolio ensures that all prosecution efforts are concentrated on a single administrative path.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONLEY, FREDRICK C | 1 | 70.6% | +12.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19141393 | RESCUE APPARATUS, IN PARTICULAR A RESCUE STRETCHER | CONLEY, FREDRICK 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19141393 | RESCUE APPARATUS, IN PARTICULAR A RESCUE STRETCHER | CONLEY, FREDRICK C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19141393 | RESCUE APPARATUS, IN PARTICULAR A RESCUE STRETCHER | CONLEY, FREDRICK C | 3679 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
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