Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Terex South Dakota Inc. is currently managing 9 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, which indicates that some examiners are handling more than one case for the company. The portfolio also spans 6 distinct art units, showing that the company's mechanical innovations are being reviewed across several different specialized divisions.
MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 3 pending office actions. This represents a significant portion of the 9 total pending office actions, making his examination style a key factor in the company's overall prosecution strategy. The remaining actions are spread across other distinct examiners, requiring the legal team to manage several different examiner relationships simultaneously.
The 6 distinct art units involved for these 9 pending office actions highlight a diverse technical footprint within the mechanical systems sector. Because MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M handles 3 actions while the other examiners handle the rest, there is a clear concentration of work under his review. Practitioners must be attentive to the standards of the 6 distinct art units to successfully resolve the active docket in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (88%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | 3 | 62.5% | +64.0% |
| NGUYEN, HOANG M | 1 | 75.9% | +16.3% |
| TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | 1 | 83.4% | +25.0% |
| O BRIEN, JEFFREY D | 1 | 50.5% | +66.2% |
| HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | 1 | 61.3% | +22.5% |
| TRAN, DIEM M | 1 | 80.1% | +13.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17887014 | ACCESS DECK ASSEMBLY AND HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR AN AERIAL WORK PLATFORM OF A VEHICLE | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | 9d |
| 18921330 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR MOBILE WORK PLATFORMS | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | 36d |
| 19429275 | LIFT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ON A GRADE | NGUYEN, HOANG M | — |
| 18605327 | LOCKING MECHANISM | TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | — |
| 18593586 | DOOR ASSEMBLY | O BRIEN, JEFFREY D | — |
| 18593697 | KNOB MECHANISM | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | — |
| 18593237 | LIFT DEVICE | TRAN, DIEM M | — |
| 17502541 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR MOBILE WORK PLATFORMS | 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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17887014 | ACCESS DECK ASSEMBLY AND HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR AN AERIAL WORK PLATFORM OF A VEHICLE | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | 9d |
| 18921330 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR MOBILE WORK PLATFORMS | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | 36d |
| 19429275 | LIFT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ON A GRADE | NGUYEN, HOANG M | — |
| 18605327 | LOCKING MECHANISM | TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | — |
| 18593586 | DOOR ASSEMBLY | O BRIEN, JEFFREY D | — |
| 18593697 | KNOB MECHANISM | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | — |
| 18593237 | LIFT DEVICE | TRAN, DIEM M | — |
| 17502541 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR MOBILE WORK PLATFORMS | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 3 |
| 3647 | 2 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19429275 | LIFT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ON A GRADE | NGUYEN, HOANG M | 3746 | §101§102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2025 |
| 18921330 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR MOBILE WORK PLATFORMS | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | 3634 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18605327 | LOCKING MECHANISM | TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | 3655 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18593586 | DOOR ASSEMBLY | O BRIEN, JEFFREY D | 3647 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18593697 | KNOB MECHANISM | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | 3636 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18593237 | LIFT DEVICE | TRAN, DIEM M | 3647 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 17887014 | ACCESS DECK ASSEMBLY AND HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR AN AERIAL WORK PLATFORM OF A VEHICLE | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | 3634 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Aug 12, 2022 |
| 17502541 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR MOBILE WORK PLATFORMS | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | 3634 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialTerex South Dakota Inc. has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 6 examiners.
Shiref M Mekhaeil has the most, with 3 of Terex South Dakota Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
