Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Palfinger AG is currently overseeing 5 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The prosecution for this portfolio is distributed across 5 distinct examiners. These matters are situated within 5 distinct art units, indicating that the company's technical innovations are being reviewed by several specialized groups. This variety of examiners and art units requires a coordinated strategy to maintain consistency across the patent office.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. As an examiner involved, KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM serves as a point of contact for the applicant. For a patent practitioner, this environment requires managing relationships with the assigned personnel. The practitioner must tailor their responses to the expectations of the experts within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. This structure involves administrative tracking of the 1 pending matter assigned to the busiest examiner while the total volume is 5 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM | 1 | — | — |
| HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | 1 | 61.3% | +22.5% |
| MILLER, CAITLIN ANNE | 1 | 89.6% | +9.0% |
| CAMPOS JR, JUAN J | 1 | 68.8% | +19.6% |
| BERONA, KIMBERLY SUE | 1 | 33.8% | +7.7% |
| NGUYEN, JASON TOAN | 1 | 58.1% | +36.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19013559 | TELESCOPIC BOOM FOR A WORKING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR A CRANE OR MOBILE CRANE | KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM | — |
| 19006871 | SAFETY HARNESS | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | — |
| 18982525 | METHOD FOR CHANGING A VERTICAL LIFTED-OUT STATE | MILLER, CAITLIN ANNE | — |
| 18592902 | Load Block, Crane, Controller for a crane and method to operate a crane | CAMPOS JR, JUAN 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19006871 | SAFETY HARNESS | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | — |
| 18592902 | Load Block, Crane, Controller for a crane and method to operate a crane | CAMPOS JR, JUAN J | — |
| 18392726 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING A CARRIER VEHICLE | NGUYEN, JASON TOAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3654 | 2 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| 3614 | 1 |
| 3647 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19013559 | TELESCOPIC BOOM FOR A WORKING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR A CRANE OR MOBILE CRANE | KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM | 3654 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19006871 | SAFETY HARNESS | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | 3636 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18982525 | METHOD FOR CHANGING A VERTICAL LIFTED-OUT STATE | MILLER, CAITLIN ANNE | 3614 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18592902 | Load Block, Crane, Controller for a crane and method to operate a crane | CAMPOS JR, JUAN J | 3654 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18592842 | Control circuitry for a crane, crane, winch arrangement for a crane, remote control unit for a crane and method to operate a crane | BERONA, KIMBERLY SUE | 3647 | §112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18392726 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING A CARRIER VEHICLE | NGUYEN, JASON TOAN | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPalfinger AG has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 6 examiners.
Michael Tamunoelekim Kio has the most, with 1 of Palfinger AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
