Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Piaggio & C Spa currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, indicating a broad spread of examination oversight for the company's mechanical and transportation innovations. The presence of 3 distinct art units suggests that the company is navigating diverse technical standards even within its primary technology area. This requires a prosecution strategy that can adapt to the specific requirements of 3 different administrative units.
The workload is distributed among the assigned staff, as the busiest examiner, VAN SELL, NATHAN L, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This matches the total of 3 distinct examiners for the 3 pending office actions, showing that no 1 individual currently dominates the prosecution pipeline. Practitioners should prepare for varied examination styles across the 3 distinct art units. This decentralized structure requires a flexible approach to patent prosecution to address the specific requirements of the 3 distinct examiners involved. The 3 pending office actions represent a varied set of challenges within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAN SELL, NATHAN L | 1 | 54.5% | +24.8% |
| SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 1 | 54.7% | +56.6% |
| BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | 1 | 67.0% | +14.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18562627 | MOTORCYCLE WITH EASILY REMOVABLE WHEEL PROVIDED WITH HUB MOTOR | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 18d overdue |
| 18697172 | Motorcycle rear swingarm, motorcycle with swingarm and manufacturing method | VAN SELL, NATHAN L | 8d |
| 18289011 | An electric or hybrid rideable saddle vehicle comprising a rechargeable battery and a storage container | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1783 | 1 |
| 3612 | 1 |
| 3611 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18697172 | Motorcycle rear swingarm, motorcycle with swingarm and manufacturing method | VAN SELL, NATHAN L | 1783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18562627 | MOTORCYCLE WITH EASILY REMOVABLE WHEEL PROVIDED WITH HUB MOTOR | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 3612 | §103 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18289011 | An electric or hybrid rideable saddle vehicle comprising a rechargeable battery and a storage container | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | 3611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
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