Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
VKR Holding A/S is managing 6 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are concentrated in 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's innovations fall into a few specific technical categories. The prosecution is distributed among 5 distinct examiners, providing some variety in the review process while maintaining a relatively small group of decision-makers. This concentration in 2 art units allows for a more specialized understanding of the company's core technologies by the patent office.
The busiest examiner, KENNY, DANIEL J, is currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. The remaining pending actions are handled by different examiners. This distribution shows that while most cases have unique examiners, there is a slight concentration of work with this individual. Practitioners should focus on the 2 actions with KENNY, DANIEL J to identify any common themes in his examination approach. With 6 pending office actions in total, the company maintains a steady level of engagement with the patent office across its primary technology areas.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (83%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNY, DANIEL J | 2 | 61.8% | +21.9% |
| KATCHEVES, BASIL S | 1 | 72.2% | +17.4% |
| FONSECA, JESSIE T | 1 | 68.0% | +18.8% |
| TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 1 | 66.7% | +27.8% |
| FERENCE, JAMES M | 1 | 71.2% | +17.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18443814 | Weatherproofing assembly for use with a group of roof windows comprising at least two roof windows and a method for weatherproofing a group of roof windows | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 15d overdue |
| 18442183 | Packed flashing assembly for use with a group of roof windows and a method for weatherproofing a group of roof windows | FERENCE, JAMES M | 10d overdue |
| 18974000 | Flashing member, roof structure and method of adapting a flashing member for covering a gap | KATCHEVES, BASIL S | — |
| 18972343 | Cover assembly and a method for interconnecting cover members | FONSECA, JESSIE T | — |
| 18755416 | Flashing member and a method for making a flashing member | KENNY, DANIEL 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18443814 | Weatherproofing assembly for use with a group of roof windows comprising at least two roof windows and a method for weatherproofing a group of roof windows | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 15d overdue |
| 18442183 | Packed flashing assembly for use with a group of roof windows and a method for weatherproofing a group of roof windows | FERENCE, JAMES M | 10d overdue |
| 18974000 | Flashing member, roof structure and method of adapting a flashing member for covering a gap | KATCHEVES, BASIL S | — |
| 18972343 | Cover assembly and a method for interconnecting cover members | FONSECA, JESSIE T | — |
| 18755564 | Flashing member and a method for making a flashing member | KENNY, DANIEL J | — |
| 18755416 | Flashing member and a method for making a flashing member | KENNY, DANIEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3633 | 2 |
| 3635 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18974000 | Flashing member, roof structure and method of adapting a flashing member for covering a gap | KATCHEVES, BASIL S | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18972343 | Cover assembly and a method for interconnecting cover members | FONSECA, JESSIE T | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18755564 | Flashing member and a method for making a flashing member | KENNY, DANIEL J | 3633 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18755416 | Flashing member and a method for making a flashing member | KENNY, DANIEL J | 3633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18443814 | Weatherproofing assembly for use with a group of roof windows comprising at least two roof windows and a method for weatherproofing a group of roof windows | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 3635 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18442183 | Packed flashing assembly for use with a group of roof windows and a method for weatherproofing a group of roof windows | FERENCE, JAMES M | 3635 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
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