Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tgw Logistics GmbH has 7 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 7 actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is currently handling exactly 1 action for the company. The 5 distinct art units involved show that the portfolio touches on several different technical classifications within the broader mechanical systems field. Navigating 5 distinct art units requires addressing the specific standards of multiple examination groups.
AHMED, MOBEEN is listed as the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, which is consistent with the 1 pending action per examiner distribution. With 7 pending office actions and 7 distinct examiners, the company faces a diverse set of perspectives across its 5 distinct art units. This distribution suggests that prosecution strategies must be tailored to the individual tendencies of each of the 7 distinct examiners. The presence of 7 pending office actions across 5 distinct art units indicates a moderately spread portfolio. Practitioners should ensure that arguments remain consistent even when dealing with 7 distinct examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, MOBEEN | 1 | 61.5% | +7.6% |
| BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL | 1 | 88.8% | +16.2% |
| CRAWFORD, GENE O | 1 | 45.9% | +5.7% |
| MARTIN, VERONICA | 1 | 82.7% | +13.4% |
| MARU, TEMESGEN MALLEDE | 1 | 72.7% | +30.3% |
| CHAMPAGNE, LUNA | 1 | 45.6% | +34.1% |
| JOS, BASIL T | 1 | 78.0% | +6.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18574923 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR PICKING GOODS THAT COME FROM TWO DIFFERENT SUBSYSTEMS, AND STORAGE AND PICKING SYSTEM THEREFOR | MARU, TEMESGEN MALLEDE | 42d |
| 19135865 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING GOODS | AHMED, MOBEEN | — |
| 18878489 | IMPROVED SWITCHING FROM AN ENERGY SAVING MODE INTO A NORMAL OPERATING MODE IN A PICKING SYSTEM | BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL | — |
| 18872461 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HANDLING PACKING UNITS | CRAWFORD, GENE O | — |
| 18853299 | CUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING CUT TRACKS IN AN OUTER PACKAGING | MARTIN, VERONICA | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18278895 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AND/OR OPTIMIZING OPERATING CONDITIONS OF AN INTRALOGISTICS SYSTEM | CHAMPAGNE, LUNA | 28d overdue |
| 18574923 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR PICKING GOODS THAT COME FROM TWO DIFFERENT SUBSYSTEMS, AND STORAGE AND PICKING SYSTEM THEREFOR | MARU, TEMESGEN MALLEDE | 42d |
| 18878489 | IMPROVED SWITCHING FROM AN ENERGY SAVING MODE INTO A NORMAL OPERATING MODE IN A PICKING SYSTEM | BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL | — |
| 18853299 | CUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING CUT TRACKS IN AN OUTER PACKAGING | MARTIN, VERONICA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 2 |
| 3651 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19135865 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING GOODS | AHMED, MOBEEN | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 18878489 | IMPROVED SWITCHING FROM AN ENERGY SAVING MODE INTO A NORMAL OPERATING MODE IN A PICKING SYSTEM | BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18872461 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HANDLING PACKING UNITS | CRAWFORD, GENE O | 3651 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18853299 | CUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING CUT TRACKS IN AN OUTER PACKAGING | MARTIN, VERONICA | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18574923 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR PICKING GOODS THAT COME FROM TWO DIFFERENT SUBSYSTEMS, AND STORAGE AND PICKING SYSTEM THEREFOR | MARU, TEMESGEN MALLEDE | 3655 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18278895 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AND/OR OPTIMIZING OPERATING CONDITIONS OF AN INTRALOGISTICS SYSTEM | CHAMPAGNE, LUNA | 3627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 18269000 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING PRODUCTS WITH IMPROVED EFFICIENCY BY MEANS OF A ROBOT, AND STORAGE AND ORDER-PICKING SYSTEM THEREFOR | JOS, BASIL T | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
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