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
Neuhaus Maschinenbau GmbH currently manages 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single action is assigned to a distinct examiner, indicating a highly concentrated prosecution focus at this stage. Because there is only a single distinct art unit involved, the company's current legal interactions are limited to a specific regulatory niche within the patent office. This concentration allows for a very focused legal strategy without the need to manage multiple examiner personalities.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D., who is responsible for the pending office action. This individual holds the entirety of the company's current pending workload, making their specific examination style and prior art preferences critical to the company's success. The fact that the busiest examiner pending count is 1 matches the total pending office actions, confirming that no other examiners are currently reviewing the company's applications. Practitioners should focus on this examiner's specific history and tendencies to optimize the prosecution outcome.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. | 1 | 65.3% | +11.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18569105 | MODULAR SHAFT-HUB CONNECTION CHARACTERISED BY A SHAFT MADE OF REGULAR POLYGONS | HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18569105 | MODULAR SHAFT-HUB CONNECTION CHARACTERISED BY A SHAFT MADE OF REGULAR POLYGONS | HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3647 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18569105 | MODULAR SHAFT-HUB CONNECTION CHARACTERISED BY A SHAFT MADE OF REGULAR POLYGONS | HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. | 3647 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNeuhaus Maschinenbau GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Christopher D. Hutchens has the most, with 1 of Neuhaus Maschinenbau GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
