Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Norma Germany GmbH has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Both of these actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a high level of technical concentration in the review process. This focus on 1 distinct art unit means the company is dealing with a specific group of examiners who specialize in mechanical and transportation systems. The 2 pending office actions suggest a targeted approach to securing patent rights for their current technological developments. This concentration can lead to a more consistent examination experience across the portfolio.
BOCHNA, DAVID is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. The company's pending workload is divided between 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each application is reviewed by a different individual. This use of 2 distinct examiners provides the company with 2 separate perspectives on their claims while remaining within the same technical group. Because each examiner handles only 1 pending office action, the company's prosecution is not overly dependent on the schedule or viewpoint of any 1 official. This distribution helps to diversify its patenting risk within 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOCHNA, DAVID | 1 | 79.8% | +13.6% |
| BAYNES, KEVIN J | 1 | 74.1% | +34.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18843890 | Spring clip for receiving a threaded nut in a torsion-proof manner, and threaded nut assembly and tensioning clamp comprising such a spring clip | BAYNES, KEVIN J | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18870732 | ASSEMBLY RING AND PIPE CONNECTION SYSTEM | BOCHNA, DAVID | — |
| 18843890 | Spring clip for receiving a threaded nut in a torsion-proof manner, and threaded nut assembly and tensioning clamp comprising such a spring clip | BAYNES, KEVIN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18870732 | ASSEMBLY RING AND PIPE CONNECTION SYSTEM | BOCHNA, DAVID | 3679 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18843890 | Spring clip for receiving a threaded nut in a torsion-proof manner, and threaded nut assembly and tensioning clamp comprising such a spring clip | BAYNES, KEVIN J | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
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