Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Prinoth S P A is navigating 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed across 4 distinct art units and 4 distinct examiners. This distribution suggests a diverse set of technologies within the company's current mechanical and transportation filings. The lack of concentration in any single art unit indicates that the company's innovations span several different technical classifications at the patent office.
HYMEL, ABIGAIL R is the busiest examiner, currently responsible for 1 pending office action. Because each of the 4 pending actions is assigned to a different examiner in a different art unit, the company must manage 4 separate prosecution strategies. This total lack of overlap indicates that each matter is being treated as a unique technical and procedural case. Practitioners should be prepared for a highly decentralized prosecution process where each application requires a tailored approach based on the specific examiner and art unit involved.
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 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYMEL, ABIGAIL R | 1 | 83.1% | +19.6% |
| ARNETT, NICOLAS ALLEN | 1 | 81.2% | +20.7% |
| LEE, MATTHEW D | 1 | 89.1% | +5.6% |
| TSUI, WILSON W | 1 | 62.0% | +56.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18955112 | REFUELING STATION AND METHOD TO REFUEL A CRAWLER VEHICLE WITH HYDROGEN | ARNETT, NICOLAS ALLEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19075352 | HYDROGEN-POWERED TRACKED VEHICLE | HYMEL, ABIGAIL R | — |
| 18886619 | CRAWLER VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD TO CONTROL SAID CRAWLER VEHICLE | LEE, MATTHEW D | — |
| 18080396 | WINCH ASSEMBLY FOR ASSISTING THE MOVEMENT OF A TRACKED VEHICLE AND RELATIVE CONTROL METHOD | TSUI, WILSON W | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19075352 | HYDROGEN-POWERED TRACKED VEHICLE | HYMEL, ABIGAIL R | — |
| 18955112 | REFUELING STATION AND METHOD TO REFUEL A CRAWLER VEHICLE WITH HYDROGEN | ARNETT, NICOLAS ALLEN | — |
| 18080396 | WINCH ASSEMBLY FOR ASSISTING THE MOVEMENT OF A TRACKED VEHICLE AND RELATIVE CONTROL METHOD | TSUI, WILSON W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3611 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3617 | 1 |
| 2172 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19075352 | HYDROGEN-POWERED TRACKED VEHICLE | HYMEL, ABIGAIL R | 3611 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 18955112 | REFUELING STATION AND METHOD TO REFUEL A CRAWLER VEHICLE WITH HYDROGEN | ARNETT, NICOLAS ALLEN | 3753 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18886619 | CRAWLER VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD TO CONTROL SAID CRAWLER VEHICLE | LEE, MATTHEW D | 3617 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18080396 | WINCH ASSEMBLY FOR ASSISTING THE MOVEMENT OF A TRACKED VEHICLE AND RELATIVE CONTROL METHOD | TSUI, WILSON W | 2172 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialPrinoth S P A has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Abigail R Hymel has the most, with 1 of Prinoth S P A's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
