Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wacker Neuson Produktion GmbH & Co. Kg has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, indicating that at least one examiner is handling multiple matters. The portfolio is active across 2 distinct art units, requiring a strategy that balances different technical requirements.
Kalpit Chandrakant Patel is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 2 pending office actions. This means that 2 of the 4 pending office actions are being reviewed by a single examiner, while the remaining 2 actions are split between 2 other distinct examiners. This concentration provides a focal point for the company's current prosecution efforts in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area.
Practitioners should focus on the 2 pending office actions assigned to Kalpit Chandrakant Patel, as this examiner has the most significant impact on the current portfolio. The 4 pending actions are spread across 2 distinct art units, requiring a strategy that balances the influence of the busiest examiner with the requirements of the 2 different technical units. Coordinating these 3 distinct examiners is essential for maintaining consistency.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, KALPIT CHANDRAKANT | 2 | 80.0% | +25.0% |
| RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE | 1 | 77.7% | +7.3% |
| SORKIN, DAVID L | 1 | 67.4% | +12.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18133696 | Imbalance Exciter for Soil Compaction Devices | PATEL, KALPIT CHANDRAKANT | 6d |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18773728 | Soil Compaction Device and Phase-Adjustable Unbalance Exciter with Two Driven Shafts | RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE | — |
| 18390179 | Concreting System with Position Detection for Concrete Vibrator | PATEL, KALPIT CHANDRAKANT | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18133696 | Imbalance Exciter for Soil Compaction Devices | PATEL, KALPIT CHANDRAKANT | 6d |
| 18390179 | Concreting System with Position Detection for Concrete Vibrator | PATEL, KALPIT CHANDRAKANT | — |
| 18225380 | Concrete Compaction System with Feedback on Compaction State | SORKIN, DAVID L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3671 | 2 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18773728 | Soil Compaction Device and Phase-Adjustable Unbalance Exciter with Two Driven Shafts | RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18390179 | Concreting System with Position Detection for Concrete Vibrator | PATEL, KALPIT CHANDRAKANT | 3671 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18225380 | Concrete Compaction System with Feedback on Compaction State | SORKIN, DAVID L | 1774 | §102§103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2023 |
| 18133696 | Imbalance Exciter for Soil Compaction Devices | PATEL, KALPIT CHANDRAKANT | 3671 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
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