Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Schweerbau International GmbH & Co. Kg has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's mechanical systems are being reviewed in different specialized groups. The involvement of distinct examiners means that each case is being handled by a different person, allowing for independent review of the technical merits of each application.
KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L is the busiest examiner for the applicant, with 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 pending office actions and distinct examiners, the workload is distributed such that the busiest examiner has a portion of the cases. This spread across 2 distinct art units and examiners requires the company to manage separate prosecution tracks simultaneously. The lack of concentration with a single examiner or art unit provides a level of diversification for the portfolio.
For a practitioner, the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems focus requires adapting to the specific requirements of the different art units. The 1 pending office action under the busiest examiner represents half of the active workload, making its outcome significant. The applicant must address the unique technical challenges and examiner styles present in each case. Coordinating these efforts is necessary to ensure that the company's broader mechanical systems strategy remains consistent across the distinct examiners involved.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 1 | 77.9% | +18.2% |
| RAMOS, NICOLE N | 1 | 81.5% | +9.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18258088 | DEVICE FOR MILLING A PROFILE, ASSOCIATED METHOD AND REFERENCE BODY | RAMOS, NICOLE N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18257966 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GRINDING A PROFILE | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 2d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 1 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18257966 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GRINDING A PROFILE | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 3615 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18258088 | DEVICE FOR MILLING A PROFILE, ASSOCIATED METHOD AND REFERENCE BODY | RAMOS, NICOLE N | 3722 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSchweerbau International GmbH & Co. Kg has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Zachary L Kuhfuss has the most, with 1 of Schweerbau International 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.
