Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tk Elevator Innovation And Operations GmbH has 4 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are distributed across distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, indicating broad examiner coverage within a narrower technical-unit structure.
TRAN, DIEM M is the busiest examiner and handles 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate the portfolio by art unit while retaining examiner-specific strategies for the separate assignments.
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 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRUONG, MINH D | 1 | 67.2% | +23.7% |
| TRAN, DIEM M | 1 | 80.1% | +13.5% |
| CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L | 1 | 81.3% | +15.8% |
| UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J | 1 | 61.9% | +10.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19118105 | DRIVETRAIN ARRANGEMENT FOR A DRIVE UNIT OF AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING SHAFT AND USE THEREOF | TRUONG, MINH D | 9d |
| 17310869 | MAINTENANCE METHOD FOR A LIFT SYSTEM, WHICH VERIFIES MAINTENANCE STEPS | CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L | 16d |
| 19118114 | DRIVE TRAIN ASSEMBLY FOR A BELT DRIVE UNIT OF A LIFT SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDINGLY DESIGNED SHAFT AND USE THEREOF | TRAN, DIEM M | — |
| 16857754 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION LEARNING FOR DIGITAL ELEVATOR IN-CAR DISPLAYS AND VOICE ANNUNCIATORS | UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19118105 | DRIVETRAIN ARRANGEMENT FOR A DRIVE UNIT OF AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING SHAFT AND USE THEREOF | TRUONG, MINH D | 9d |
| 17310869 | MAINTENANCE METHOD FOR A LIFT SYSTEM, WHICH VERIFIES MAINTENANCE STEPS | CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L | 16d |
| 19118114 | DRIVE TRAIN ASSEMBLY FOR A BELT DRIVE UNIT OF A LIFT SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDINGLY DESIGNED SHAFT AND USE THEREOF | TRAN, DIEM M | — |
| 16857754 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION LEARNING FOR DIGITAL ELEVATOR IN-CAR DISPLAYS AND VOICE ANNUNCIATORS | UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3654 | 2 |
| 2846 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19118105 | DRIVETRAIN ARRANGEMENT FOR A DRIVE UNIT OF AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING SHAFT AND USE THEREOF | TRUONG, MINH D | 3654 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19118114 | DRIVE TRAIN ASSEMBLY FOR A BELT DRIVE UNIT OF A LIFT SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDINGLY DESIGNED SHAFT AND USE THEREOF | TRAN, DIEM M | 3654 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 17310869 | MAINTENANCE METHOD FOR A LIFT SYSTEM, WHICH VERIFIES MAINTENANCE STEPS | CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L | 2846 | §101 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Mar 10, 2022 |
| 16857754 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION LEARNING FOR DIGITAL ELEVATOR IN-CAR DISPLAYS AND VOICE ANNUNCIATORS | UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J | 3619 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialTk Elevator Innovation And Operations GmbH has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Minh D Truong has the most, with 1 of Tk Elevator Innovation And Operations GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
