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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shanghai Sany Heavy Machinery Co. Ltd. is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a focused and limited prosecution presence at this time. The examiner for this pending action is LI, HELEN, who is currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because there are no other active matters, the outcome of this 1 pending office action will define the company's current progress in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
The company's current patent strategy is concentrated on this 1 pending office action. Because LI, HELEN is the only examiner involved, her specific approach to the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field will be the primary factor in the application's success. The presence of 1 distinct art unit ensures that the prosecution follows a single set of administrative procedures. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the examiner's previous rulings and the art unit's specific guidelines to effectively navigate this 1 pending office action. This focused approach allows for a highly targeted effort to secure the company's intellectual property goals.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUANDT, MICHAEL M | 1 | 62.8% | +19.3% |
| LI, HELEN | 1 | 69.2% | +16.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19229129 | MOVABLE ARM DAMPING SYSTEM FOR LOADING MACHINE AND LOADING MACHINE | QUANDT, MICHAEL M | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18577947 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WORKING CONDITION OF EXCAVATOR | LI, HELEN | 22d |
| 19229129 | MOVABLE ARM DAMPING SYSTEM FOR LOADING MACHINE AND LOADING MACHINE | QUANDT, MICHAEL M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19229129 | MOVABLE ARM DAMPING SYSTEM FOR LOADING MACHINE AND LOADING MACHINE | QUANDT, MICHAEL M | 3745 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 18577947 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WORKING CONDITION OF EXCAVATOR | LI, HELEN | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
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