Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Plasser & Theurer Export Von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft M B H currently has 8 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 4 distinct art units, indicating a diverse range of mechanical and systems-based innovations. This variety suggests that the company's portfolio touches on several different specialized examination groups. The distribution across 4 distinct art units may result in varying timelines for the 8 pending office actions.
The prosecution involves 7 distinct examiners, which means that almost every pending action is being reviewed by a different official. KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L is the busiest examiner, managing 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This leaves the remaining pending office actions to be handled by the other 7 distinct examiners assigned to the company's matters. With 8 pending office actions and 7 distinct examiners, the company faces a decentralized prosecution environment that requires managing multiple examiner relationships simultaneously.
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 | 2 (29%) |
| §102 only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | 1 | 86.4% | +15.7% |
| BUTLER, KEVIN C | 1 | 89.5% | +8.8% |
| MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | 1 | 81.8% | +16.8% |
| BENNETT, GEORGE B | 1 | 79.5% | +10.7% |
| BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY | 1 | 72.0% | +22.5% |
| AKARAGWE, YANICK A | 1 | 83.4% | +12.1% |
| KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 1 | 77.9% | +18.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18686039 | WORK VEHICLE FOR CARRYING OUT WORK OPERATIONS ON A TRACK | AKARAGWE, YANICK A | 3d overdue |
| 18868878 | RAIL VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING A TRACK GAUGE COURSE | BUTLER, KEVIN C | — |
| 18849072 | DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING AN INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT PRE-POSITIONED ON A GROUND, PARTICULARLY A TRACK SUPPORT SLAB, INTO A TARGET ARRANGEMENT, COMBINATION, SYSTEM, AND METHOD | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18871547 | TAMPING UNIT AND METHOD FOR TAMPING SLEEPERS OF A TRACK | MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | — |
| 18723556 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A TRACK | BENNETT, GEORGE B | — |
| 18694750 | MACHINE WITH A BALLAST RECEIVIING DEVICE | BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18686039 | WORK VEHICLE FOR CARRYING OUT WORK OPERATIONS ON A TRACK | AKARAGWE, YANICK A | 3d overdue |
| 18014805 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR COMPACTING A BALLAST BED OF A TRACK | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 9d |
| 18871547 | TAMPING UNIT AND METHOD FOR TAMPING SLEEPERS OF A TRACK | MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | — |
| 18849072 | DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING AN INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT PRE-POSITIONED ON A GROUND, PARTICULARLY A TRACK SUPPORT SLAB, INTO A TARGET ARRANGEMENT, COMBINATION, SYSTEM, AND METHOD | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — |
| 18723556 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A TRACK | BENNETT, GEORGE B | — |
| 18694750 | MACHINE WITH A BALLAST RECEIVIING DEVICE | BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2852 | 1 |
| 3671 | 1 |
| 3672 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18871547 | TAMPING UNIT AND METHOD FOR TAMPING SLEEPERS OF A TRACK | MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18868878 | RAIL VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING A TRACK GAUGE COURSE | BUTLER, KEVIN C | 2852 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18849072 | DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING AN INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT PRE-POSITIONED ON A GROUND, PARTICULARLY A TRACK SUPPORT SLAB, INTO A TARGET ARRANGEMENT, COMBINATION, SYSTEM, AND METHOD | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18723556 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A TRACK | BENNETT, GEORGE B | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18694750 | MACHINE WITH A BALLAST RECEIVIING DEVICE | BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY | 3671 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18686039 | WORK VEHICLE FOR CARRYING OUT WORK OPERATIONS ON A TRACK | AKARAGWE, YANICK A | 3672 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18014805 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR COMPACTING A BALLAST BED OF A TRACK | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
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