Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Palfinger AG has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit. KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action.
The 4 pending office actions are all concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a specific technical focus within transportation and mechanical systems. Despite this departmental concentration, the actions are split among 4 distinct examiners. KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM is responsible for 1 pending action, which is consistent with the presence of 4 examiners for 4 pending actions. Having 4 pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit means the company's filings are being evaluated by a single specialized group, yet the use of 4 distinct examiners provides multiple perspectives on the portfolio. This balance between a single art unit and 4 distinct examiners, including KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM, defines the company's current prosecution landscape.
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 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 | 61.4% | +22.4% |
| MILLER, CAITLIN ANNE | 1 | 89.6% | +9.1% |
| BERONA, KIMBERLY SUE | 1 | 33.8% | +7.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19006871 | SAFETY HARNESS | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3600 | 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 | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19006871 | SAFETY HARNESS | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18982525 | METHOD FOR CHANGING A VERTICAL LIFTED-OUT STATE | MILLER, CAITLIN ANNE | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 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 | 3600 | §112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
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