Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mjnn LLC is active in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area, where it currently has 6 pending office actions. These cases are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, suggesting that some examiners are handling multiple matters for the company. This concentration of cases requires a strategy that accounts for the specific preferences of these individuals.
The portfolio is spread across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's innovations are being evaluated in different technical contexts. KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 3 busiest examiner pending office actions. This workload represents a significant portion of the 6 pending office actions currently active for the company.
For practitioners, the presence of the 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units suggests a relatively focused prosecution environment. KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE is a key figure in the company's current patent strategy. Maintaining consistency in arguments across the different art units is important for the overall success of the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | 3 | 44.3% | +37.5% |
| MACCRATE, NICOLE PAIGE | 2 | 56.8% | +22.4% |
| SHARMA, SANTOSH | 1 | 73.5% | +28.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19142005 | TOWER INDEXING VIA TOWER INTERLEAVING | KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | — |
| 19083956 | LOCALIZED PLANT SITE IRRIGATION FOR PLANT SUPPORT TOWERS | MACCRATE, NICOLE PAIGE | — |
| 18981231 | TOMATO PROPAGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BREEDING | SHARMA, SANTOSH | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18580950 | VERTICAL INDEXING OF GROW TOWER SEGMENTS | MACCRATE, NICOLE PAIGE | 56d |
| 19440551 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PLANT POLLINATION | KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | — |
| 19440533 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PLANT POLLINATION | KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | — |
| 19142005 | TOWER INDEXING VIA TOWER INTERLEAVING | KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | — |
| 19083956 | LOCALIZED PLANT SITE IRRIGATION FOR PLANT SUPPORT TOWERS | MACCRATE, NICOLE PAIGE | — |
| 18981231 | TOMATO PROPAGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BREEDING | SHARMA, SANTOSH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 5 |
| 1663 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19440551 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PLANT POLLINATION | KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2026 |
| 19440533 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PLANT POLLINATION | KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | 3642 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2026 |
| 19142005 | TOWER INDEXING VIA TOWER INTERLEAVING | KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | 3642 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19083956 | LOCALIZED PLANT SITE IRRIGATION FOR PLANT SUPPORT TOWERS | MACCRATE, NICOLE PAIGE | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 18981231 | TOMATO PROPAGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BREEDING | SHARMA, SANTOSH | 1663 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18580950 | VERTICAL INDEXING OF GROW TOWER SEGMENTS | MACCRATE, NICOLE PAIGE | 3642 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
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