Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Soilmec S P A currently has 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, which indicates that each active matter is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution suggests that the company's Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems prosecution strategy involves managing separate examiner relationships simultaneously.
The pending office actions are categorized into 2 distinct art units, showing a lack of technical concentration despite the variety of examiners involved. WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because there are 2 distinct examiners for the total actions, WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL handles a portion of the overall workload. The presence of 1 busiest examiner pending action suggests that while the examiners are unique, their technical focus is spread across the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL | 1 | 80.4% | +5.9% |
| ANDRISH, SEAN D | 1 | 71.5% | +32.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18715659 | FOUNDATION MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH AN INTERCHANGEABLE ELECTRIC STORAGE SYSTEM AND A HANDLING EQUIPMENT FOR THE STORAGE SYSTEM | WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18249538 | FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH MACHINE | ANDRISH, SEAN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3613 | 1 |
| 3678 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18715659 | FOUNDATION MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH AN INTERCHANGEABLE ELECTRIC STORAGE SYSTEM AND A HANDLING EQUIPMENT FOR THE STORAGE SYSTEM | WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL | 3613 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18249538 | FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH MACHINE | ANDRISH, SEAN D | 3678 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2023 |
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