Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
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
Terex Usa LLC currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is located in 1 distinct art unit, showing a specific technical focus for the company's current portfolio. The prosecution is handled by a distinct examiner, ensuring that the matter receives dedicated attention. This centralized structure suggests that the company is prioritizing a specific technical advancement within its medical devices portfolio.
KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing the pending office action. Because there is only a specific examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company can focus its legal strategy on a concentrated point of review. This profile simplifies the management of the 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Practitioners should ensure that the response is tailored to the procedural norms of the specific administrative group involved to optimize the chances of a favorable outcome.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 1 | 76.6% | +21.2% |
| KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K | 1 | 72.9% | +18.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15691927 | NON-CIRCULAR ACCELERATION MECHANISM FOR A SINGLE SHAFT SCREEN | KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18607937 | REDUCED VIBRATION MOBILE MATERIAL PROCESSING PLANT | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 3d overdue |
| 15691927 | NON-CIRCULAR ACCELERATION MECHANISM FOR A SINGLE SHAFT SCREEN | KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18607937 | REDUCED VIBRATION MOBILE MATERIAL PROCESSING PLANT | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 3725 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 15691927 | NON-CIRCULAR ACCELERATION MECHANISM FOR A SINGLE SHAFT SCREEN | KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K | 3653 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2017 |
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