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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ntn Europe currently has 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each pending matter is under the review of a different official. Both of these actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, which points to a specific technical classification for the company's current patenting activity.
The busiest examiner, COOK, WILLIAM J, is managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This constitutes 1 of the 2 pending office actions currently active for the company. Since the 2 distinct examiners are both part of 1 distinct art unit, practitioners can expect a degree of consistency in the technical expertise applied to the applications. However, because there are 2 distinct examiners involved, the individual preferences of each official will still play a role in the prosecution process. The volume of 2 pending office actions suggests a targeted approach to the current filings in this technology area.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, WILLIAM J | 1 | 86.2% | +11.0% |
| ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 1 | 76.0% | +12.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19339454 | Actuation system | COOK, WILLIAM J | — |
| 19086038 | END RECIRCULATOR FOR A BALL SCREW MECHANISM | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19339454 | Actuation system | COOK, WILLIAM J | — |
| 19086038 | END RECIRCULATOR FOR A BALL SCREW MECHANISM | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3618 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19339454 | Actuation system | COOK, WILLIAM J | 3618 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2025 |
| 19086038 | END RECIRCULATOR FOR A BALL SCREW MECHANISM | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 3618 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialNtn Europe has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
William J Cook has the most, with 1 of Ntn Europe's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
