Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are all within 1 distinct art unit. The company is working with 3 distinct examiners.
The busiest examiner is PARSLEY, DAVID J, who has 1 pending office action. Because there are 3 actions and 3 examiners, each matter is handled by a unique individual. The concentration within 1 art unit suggests a specific technical focus for these pending matters. Practitioners must manage three different examiner relationships within the same 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARSLEY, DAVID J | 1 | 54.0% | +28.7% |
| PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | 1 | 87.3% | +6.0% |
| DEUBLE, MARK A | 1 | 88.2% | +8.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19072372 | CONVEYOR DEVICE AND FILLING MACHINE FOR PASTY FOODS | PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19046765 | FEEDING DEVICE FOR FEEDING A CHAIN OF SAUSAGES TO A PROCESSING DEVICE | DEUBLE, MARK A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19425315 | FOOD PROCESSING MACHINE WITH SEAL | PARSLEY, DAVID J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3643 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19425315 | FOOD PROCESSING MACHINE WITH SEAL | PARSLEY, DAVID J | 3643 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2025 |
| 19072372 | CONVEYOR DEVICE AND FILLING MACHINE FOR PASTY FOODS | PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19046765 | FEEDING DEVICE FOR FEEDING A CHAIN OF SAUSAGES TO A PROCESSING DEVICE | DEUBLE, MARK A | — | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
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