Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Skylotec GmbH is managing 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Each of these 6 actions is assigned to a different person, resulting in 6 distinct examiners for the portfolio. These matters are spread across 3 distinct art units, which indicates that the company's mechanical and transportation filings are reviewed by several different technical groups at the USPTO. The presence of 3 distinct art units for the 6 actions suggests that the applications cover multiple specialized categories.
David R Dunn is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. Because there are 6 distinct examiners for the 6 total actions, there is no overlap in examiner assignments. The 3 distinct art units involved show that the pending office actions are distributed across multiple specialized units. This structure requires the company to navigate 6 different individual examination styles. Practitioners should develop unique strategies for each of the 6 pending office actions to address the specific feedback from each assigned examiner within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
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 | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNN, DAVID R | 1 | 28.0% | +28.9% |
| AHUJA, ANURADHA | 1 | 72.6% | +56.1% |
| MICHENER, JOSHUA J | 1 | 46.3% | +32.3% |
| PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 1 | 45.5% | +27.3% |
| SAHNI, VISHAL R | 1 | 75.4% | +18.9% |
| MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | 1 | 62.6% | +64.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19184134 | Harness | DUNN, DAVID R | — |
| 18708891 | SEPARATOR ELEMENT SEPARATING ROPE LENGTHS IN A HOIST, HOIST COMPRISING SAID SEPARATOR ELEMENT AND RESPECTIVE METHOD OF USE | MICHENER, JOSHUA J | — |
| 18698029 | MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH A LOCKING CAM AND A PULLEY FOR A SAFETY ROPE | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | — |
| 18452967 | Device for Storing a Rope for a Descender and Assembly Comprising a Descender and the Device | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18566153 | BLOCKING/BRAKING DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING A SAFETY ROPE | SAHNI, VISHAL R | 4d overdue |
| 19184134 | Harness | DUNN, DAVID R | — |
| 18973972 | Carabiner | AHUJA, ANURADHA | — |
| 18708891 | SEPARATOR ELEMENT SEPARATING ROPE LENGTHS IN A HOIST, HOIST COMPRISING SAID SEPARATOR ELEMENT AND RESPECTIVE METHOD OF USE | MICHENER, JOSHUA J | — |
| 18698029 | MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH A LOCKING CAM AND A PULLEY FOR A SAFETY ROPE | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | — |
| 18452967 | Device for Storing a Rope for a Descender and Assembly Comprising a Descender and the Device | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 2 |
| 3600 | 1 |
| 3616 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19184134 | Harness | DUNN, DAVID R | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 18973972 | Carabiner | AHUJA, ANURADHA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18708891 | SEPARATOR ELEMENT SEPARATING ROPE LENGTHS IN A HOIST, HOIST COMPRISING SAID SEPARATOR ELEMENT AND RESPECTIVE METHOD OF USE | MICHENER, JOSHUA J | 3600 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18698029 | MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH A LOCKING CAM AND A PULLEY FOR A SAFETY ROPE | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 3634 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18566153 | BLOCKING/BRAKING DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING A SAFETY ROPE | SAHNI, VISHAL R | 3616 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18452967 | Device for Storing a Rope for a Descender and Assembly Comprising a Descender and the Device | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | 3634 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
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