Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
10 pending office actions • 2 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Porsche Ebike Performance GmbH is currently managing 10 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 10 distinct examiners, yet they are concentrated within only 2 distinct art units. This indicates a high volume of filings being reviewed by a large group of examiners in a very narrow set of art units. The presence of multiple examiners suggests that the company must navigate a variety of individual perspectives.
The busiest examiner, STANLEY, TYLER JAY, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the pending office actions are split among the distinct examiners, no single official has a dominant influence over the portfolio. However, the concentration in 2 distinct art units suggests that the company faces a consistent set of institutional guidelines across its active matters. This structure requires the company to manage separate examiner relationships while adhering to the specific practices of the art units.
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 | 1 (10%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | 1 | 67.0% | +14.1% |
| STANLEY, TYLER JAY | 1 | 46.9% | +54.2% |
| SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 1 | 54.7% | +56.6% |
| SHABARA, HOSAM | 1 | 82.6% | +16.2% |
| KNUTSON, JACOB D | 1 | 79.6% | +20.5% |
| WANG, JACK K | 1 | 61.4% | +12.5% |
| KECK, DANIEL M | 1 | 82.0% | +19.7% |
| WILHELM, TIMOTHY | 1 | 78.6% | +12.0% |
| WU, LORI SOUTHARD | 1 | 88.4% | +6.2% |
| WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B | 1 | 54.0% | +34.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18880530 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE, ELECTRIC BICYCLE, METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A DRIVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A DRIVE DEVICE | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | — |
| 18880524 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | STANLEY, TYLER JAY | — |
| 18991202 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — |
| 18991184 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | SHABARA, HOSAM | — |
| 18842684 | MODULE FOR A BICYCLE, KIT FOR A BICYCLE AND BICYCLE | KECK, DANIEL M | — |
| 18837579 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | WILHELM, TIMOTHY | — |
| 18835621 | ELECTRIC BICYCLE BATTERY WITH ACTIVATION SENSOR, ELECTRIC BICYCLE WITH SUCH AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE BATTERY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE BATTERY | WU, LORI SOUTHARD | — |
| 18705542 | FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR A BICYCLE WHICH IS DRIVINGLY SUPPORTRD BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18880530 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE, ELECTRIC BICYCLE, METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A DRIVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A DRIVE DEVICE | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | — |
| 18880524 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | STANLEY, TYLER JAY | — |
| 18991202 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — |
| 18991184 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | SHABARA, HOSAM | — |
| 18872821 | BICYCLE BOTTOM BRACKET ASSEMBLY | KNUTSON, JACOB D | — |
| 18859006 | BICYCLE OR E-BIKE INTERFACE AND BICYCLE OR E-BIKE | WANG, JACK K | — |
| 18842684 | MODULE FOR A BICYCLE, KIT FOR A BICYCLE AND BICYCLE | KECK, DANIEL M | — |
| 18837579 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | WILHELM, TIMOTHY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3611 | 2 |
| 2686 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18880530 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE, ELECTRIC BICYCLE, METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A DRIVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A DRIVE DEVICE | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18880524 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | STANLEY, TYLER JAY | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18991202 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18991184 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | SHABARA, HOSAM | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18872821 | BICYCLE BOTTOM BRACKET ASSEMBLY | KNUTSON, JACOB D | 3611 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2024 |
| 18859006 | BICYCLE OR E-BIKE INTERFACE AND BICYCLE OR E-BIKE | WANG, JACK K | 2686 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18842684 | MODULE FOR A BICYCLE, KIT FOR A BICYCLE AND BICYCLE | KECK, DANIEL M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18837579 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | WILHELM, TIMOTHY | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18835621 | ELECTRIC BICYCLE BATTERY WITH ACTIVATION SENSOR, ELECTRIC BICYCLE WITH SUCH AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE BATTERY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE BATTERY | WU, LORI SOUTHARD | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18705542 | FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR A BICYCLE WHICH IS DRIVINGLY SUPPORTRD BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B | 3611 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2024 |
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