Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Sit Antriebselemente GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio currently involves 1 distinct examiner working within 1 distinct art unit. MERCADO, LOUIS A is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action. This data reflects a highly specific and limited pending workload for the company, as all current prosecution activity is focused on this single application.
With only 1 pending office action, the company's engagement with the patent office is confined to a single matter. MERCADO, LOUIS A is the sole examiner responsible for the 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. This singular focus means that the company's current prosecution results are tied to the individual review of the 1 distinct examiner mentioned in the data. The 1 distinct art unit involved represents the only technical classification currently being navigated by the company.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERCADO, LOUIS A | 1 | 78.8% | +18.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18579728 | CONNECTION ELEMENT FOR CONNECTING BELT ENDS, AND BELT CONNECTION | MERCADO, LOUIS A | 23d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18579728 | CONNECTION ELEMENT FOR CONNECTING BELT ENDS, AND BELT CONNECTION | MERCADO, LOUIS A | 23d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18579728 | CONNECTION ELEMENT FOR CONNECTING BELT ENDS, AND BELT CONNECTION | MERCADO, LOUIS A | 3677 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
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