Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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 is active in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area with 2 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, indicating that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different official. The portfolio's activity is spread across 2 distinct art units, reflecting a range of technical topics within the company's mechanical research.
KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 action is part of the 2 total pending office actions for the company. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units involved, the prosecution strategy must account for different examination styles and technical standards. Practitioners should be prepared to manage 2 separate prosecution tracks to resolve the 2 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAMOS, NICOLE N | 1 | 81.4% | +9.9% |
| KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 1 | 77.9% | +18.2% |
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 |
|---|---|
| 3722 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18258088 | DEVICE FOR MILLING A PROFILE, ASSOCIATED METHOD AND REFERENCE BODY | RAMOS, NICOLE N | 3722 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18257966 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GRINDING A PROFILE | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 3615 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
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