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 • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Trumpf Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. Kg is managing 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This indicates a diversified approach to its current patent filings.
The busiest examiner, PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK, is responsible for 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners each handling 1 of the 2 pending office actions, the company must manage 2 separate prosecution tracks simultaneously. This requires the company to adapt to different examination styles across its portfolio.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the 2 pending office actions cover different technical aspects within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. Managing 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units adds a layer of complexity to the company's patent strategy. This distribution ensures that the company's intellectual property efforts are not concentrated on a single point of failure.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 1 | 60.5% | +28.1% |
| QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18035560 | GRIPPER ARRANGEMENT AND MANIPULATOR HAVING A GRIPPER ARRANGEMENT | QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18702886 | SWIVEL BENDING MACHINE | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18702886 | SWIVEL BENDING MACHINE | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 1 |
| 3654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18702886 | SWIVEL BENDING MACHINE | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18035560 | GRIPPER ARRANGEMENT AND MANIPULATOR HAVING A GRIPPER ARRANGEMENT | QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED | 3654 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
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