Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Steute Technologies GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office action in its patent portfolio. This action is being handled by Thomas M Hammond III, who is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending action. The portfolio involves 1 distinct examiner, reflecting a single active case.
This singular prosecution path means that the company's current patent efforts are focused on a single matter under the review of Thomas M Hammond III. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific examination style and requirements of this individual to advance the case. The lack of multiple pending actions or distinct examiners suggests a very narrow prosecution presence for the company at this time.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMOND III, THOMAS M | 1 | 75.8% | +29.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18844549 | FOOT SWITCH WITH A HOUSING AND METHOD FOR CHECKING THE TIGHTNESS OF A HOUSING | HAMMOND III, THOMAS 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18844549 | FOOT SWITCH WITH A HOUSING AND METHOD FOR CHECKING THE TIGHTNESS OF A HOUSING | HAMMOND III, THOMAS M | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18844549 | FOOT SWITCH WITH A HOUSING AND METHOD FOR CHECKING THE TIGHTNESS OF A HOUSING | HAMMOND III, THOMAS M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
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