Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Traton AB manages a company patent portfolio with 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 4 pending office actions are distributed across 4 distinct art units. The prosecution involves 4 distinct examiners.
DOUNIS, LAERT is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action. This count of 1 pending office action is the highest number assigned to any examiner within the portfolio. The assignment of cases shows how the patent office distributes the company's filings among its staff.
Practitioners should address the requirements of the 4 distinct art units. The prosecution of these matters depends on the specific standards of the assigned art units and the perspectives of the 4 distinct examiners. Each application requires a focused approach to navigate the legal and technical hurdles presented during the examination process. This ensures that every filing is evaluated based on the technical merits of the disclosed invention. This specific attention helps in managing the requirements of the patent office.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOUNIS, LAERT | 1 | 67.9% | +20.8% |
| MOHL, PATRICK DANIEL | 1 | 68.5% | +12.0% |
| MCPHERSON, JAMES M | 1 | 82.3% | +17.3% |
| NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | 1 | 84.1% | +13.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18005069 | TRANSMISSION UNIT, TRANSMISSION ARRANGEMENT AND VEHICLE POWERTRAIN | NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19390029 | A HEATING ARRANGEMENT, AN EXHAUST TREATMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING THE HEATING ARRANGEMENT, A VEHICLE COMPRISING THE EXHAUST TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND A METHOD FOR A HEATING ARRANGEMENT | DOUNIS, LAERT | — |
| 19075924 | METHOD PERFORMED BY A CONTROL ARRANGEMENT | MOHL, PATRICK DANIEL | — |
| 18794213 | METHOD AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSFERRING A POWER BETWEEN ELECTRIC MACHINES IN A VEHICLE | MCPHERSON, JAMES 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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19390029 | A HEATING ARRANGEMENT, AN EXHAUST TREATMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING THE HEATING ARRANGEMENT, A VEHICLE COMPRISING THE EXHAUST TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND A METHOD FOR A HEATING ARRANGEMENT | DOUNIS, LAERT | — |
| 19075924 | METHOD PERFORMED BY A CONTROL ARRANGEMENT | MOHL, PATRICK DANIEL | — |
| 18794213 | METHOD AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSFERRING A POWER BETWEEN ELECTRIC MACHINES IN A VEHICLE | MCPHERSON, JAMES M | — |
| 18005069 | TRANSMISSION UNIT, TRANSMISSION ARRANGEMENT AND VEHICLE POWERTRAIN | NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19390029 | A HEATING ARRANGEMENT, AN EXHAUST TREATMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING THE HEATING ARRANGEMENT, A VEHICLE COMPRISING THE EXHAUST TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND A METHOD FOR A HEATING ARRANGEMENT | DOUNIS, LAERT | 3746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2025 |
| 19075924 | METHOD PERFORMED BY A CONTROL ARRANGEMENT | MOHL, PATRICK DANIEL | 3666 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 18794213 | METHOD AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSFERRING A POWER BETWEEN ELECTRIC MACHINES IN A VEHICLE | MCPHERSON, JAMES M | 3663 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18005069 | TRANSMISSION UNIT, TRANSMISSION ARRANGEMENT AND VEHICLE POWERTRAIN | NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | 3655 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialTraton AB has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Laert Dounis has the most, with 1 of Traton AB's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
