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
Ssm Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH, who is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The case is assigned to 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a very focused prosecution presence.
With only 1 pending office action, the company's current activity is entirely concentrated under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This streamlined profile allows the prosecution team to focus exclusively on the requirements and preferences of BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH. There is no need to coordinate strategies across multiple examiners or technical groups at this time. This singular focus in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area suggests a targeted patenting effort. The outcome of this 1 pending action will be the primary indicator of the company's current progress in this technology 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH | 1 | 56.5% | -0.4% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18840614 | SWIVEL DRIVE FOR A WINDING DEVICE | BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH | 3654 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
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