Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Saf-holland GmbH has 4 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 4 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units, indicating multiple examination contacts with some shared technical-unit structure.
CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner accounts for a larger recorded share, so counsel should coordinate the portfolio’s claim language while tailoring responses to the individual art-unit and examiner records.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 3 (60%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROGERS, ADAM D | 1 | 82.2% | +22.6% |
| CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | 1 | 90.3% | +12.0% |
| DEL VALLE, LUIS GERARDO | 1 | 74.3% | +20.9% |
| NGUYEN, STEVEN VU | 1 | 78.0% | +6.1% |
| BEMKO, TARAS P | 1 | 84.4% | +19.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18866735 | VENTING SYSTEM, HUBCAP AND USE OF A HUBCAP IN A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE | ROGERS, ADAM D | — |
| 18917263 | ECCENTRIC LOCKING PIN | BEMKO, TARAS P | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18866741 | SYSTEM FOR STATUS MONITORING AND AXLE SYSTEM | CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | — |
| 18006034 | WHEEL HEAD MONITORING UNIT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A MALFUNCTION OF A WHEEL HEAD | NGUYEN, STEVEN VU | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18866735 | VENTING SYSTEM, HUBCAP AND USE OF A HUBCAP IN A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE | ROGERS, ADAM D | — |
| 18866741 | SYSTEM FOR STATUS MONITORING AND AXLE SYSTEM | CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | — |
| 18575924 | WHEEL END, HUB CAP, IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION SYSTEM | DEL VALLE, LUIS GERARDO | — |
| 18917263 | ECCENTRIC LOCKING PIN | BEMKO, TARAS P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3617 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18866735 | VENTING SYSTEM, HUBCAP AND USE OF A HUBCAP IN A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE | ROGERS, ADAM D | 3617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18866741 | SYSTEM FOR STATUS MONITORING AND AXLE SYSTEM | CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18575924 | WHEEL END, HUB CAP, IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION SYSTEM | DEL VALLE, LUIS GERARDO | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18006034 | WHEEL HEAD MONITORING UNIT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A MALFUNCTION OF A WHEEL HEAD | NGUYEN, STEVEN VU | 3668 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2023 |
| 18917263 | ECCENTRIC LOCKING PIN | BEMKO, TARAS P | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSaf-holland GmbH has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
Adam D Rogers has the most, with 1 of Saf-holland GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
