Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pilz GmbH & Co. KG currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. This represents a very narrow and focused presence in the current patent prosecution cycle. Such a localized structure suggests that the company's current technical focus is highly specialized within the transportation field.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is OH, HARRY Y, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's immediate success in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field relies on this single interaction. The prosecution strategy is simplified by the lack of multiple examiners, allowing for a concentrated effort on the specific requirements of the 1 pending office action. Practitioners can focus entirely on the feedback from this one examiner within the single assigned 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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OH, HARRY Y | 1 | 85.4% | +16.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19218745 | Safety Device for Safeguarding a Danger Zone of an Automated Machine, in Particular a Robot | OH, HARRY Y | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19218745 | Safety Device for Safeguarding a Danger Zone of an Automated Machine, in Particular a Robot | OH, HARRY Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3657 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19218745 | Safety Device for Safeguarding a Danger Zone of an Automated Machine, in Particular a Robot | OH, HARRY Y | 3657 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialPilz GmbH & Co. KG has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Harry Y Oh has the most, with 1 of Pilz GmbH & Co. KG's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
