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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Timken Company operates in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The company has 1 pending office action being handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a singular focus for its current patent prosecution. This concentrated structure simplifies the management of the company's intellectual property.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is PILKINGTON, JAMES, who is managing the 1 pending office action currently active. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 pending action, the company's current legal activity at the patent office is concentrated on this single matter and individual. The 1 pending office action assigned to PILKINGTON, JAMES represents the full extent of the active portfolio.
For a practitioner, this means the entire prosecution strategy is focused on a single interaction within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. There are no other active matters or examiners to coordinate with at this time. The success of the portfolio depends on the specific review of the 1 pending office action by the assigned examiner within the 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PILKINGTON, JAMES | 1 | 70.2% | +35.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19068592 | SELF-ALIGNING TAPERED ROLLER BEARING ASSEMBLY WITH NON-SPLIT HOUSING | PILKINGTON, JAMES | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19068592 | SELF-ALIGNING TAPERED ROLLER BEARING ASSEMBLY WITH NON-SPLIT HOUSING | PILKINGTON, JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19068592 | SELF-ALIGNING TAPERED ROLLER BEARING ASSEMBLY WITH NON-SPLIT HOUSING | PILKINGTON, JAMES | 3617 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialThe Timken Company has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
James Pilkington has the most, with 1 of The Timken Company's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
