Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Zell Systemtechnik GmbH is managing 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, with BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES identified as the busiest examiner with 1 pending action.
Despite the involvement of 2 distinct examiners, all pending activity is located within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the company must navigate the perspectives of different individuals, the overarching technical standards and examination policies will be consistent across the pending matters.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | 1 | 68.4% | +41.5% |
| MCNICHOLS, ERET C | 1 | 75.0% | -15.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18833000 | WORKPIECE CARRIER FRAME AND WORKPIECE CARRIER FRAME SYSTEM | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | — |
| 18713257 | WORKPIECE SUPPORT | MCNICHOLS, ERET C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18833000 | WORKPIECE CARRIER FRAME AND WORKPIECE CARRIER FRAME SYSTEM | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3632 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18833000 | WORKPIECE CARRIER FRAME AND WORKPIECE CARRIER FRAME SYSTEM | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18713257 | WORKPIECE SUPPORT | MCNICHOLS, ERET C | 3632 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
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