Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
54 pending office actions • 7 clients • 46 examiners • 29 art units • 0 of 54 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 147 patents granted in the last 365 days
K&L Gates LLP - Wabtec operates in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. It has 34213 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 84.55 percent. It averages 3.82 office actions per allowance. There are 42 pending office actions.
The 84.55 percent allowance rate is derived from 34213 career applications. The average of 3.82 office actions per allowance provides a metric for prosecution intensity. The 42 pending office actions represent the firm's current active workload in these sectors.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (2%) |
| §103 only | 19 (35%) |
| §102 only | 3 (6%) |
| §112 only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 28 (52%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 5 | 83.6% | +13.0% |
| BOWES, STEPHEN M | 2 | 66.3% | +25.9% |
| MORRIS, DAVID R. | 2 | 81.9% | +14.3% |
| RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 2 | 83.3% | +15.3% |
| KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 2 | 77.9% | +18.2% |
| MANCHO, RONNIE M | 1 | 76.0% | +2.2% |
| GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL | 1 | 69.9% | +45.3% |
| WEISENFELD, ARYAN E | 1 | 41.1% | +25.5% |
| SIENKO, TANYA CHRISTINE | 1 | 86.4% | +12.5% |
| ZARROLI, MICHAEL C | 1 | 72.4% | +15.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18691251 | ENHANCED COVERAGE LOCAL IMMERSION FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST (NDT) | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 27d |
| 18464851 | POWER DELIVERY SYSTEM | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 34d |
| 18961219 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | SIENKO, TANYA CHRISTINE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18299517 | FASTENER SYSTEM AND METHOD | KC, SAGAR | 8d overdue |
| 17979714 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 8d overdue |
| 18301806 | COMMUNICATION MONITORING SYSTEM | KARWAN, SIHAR A | 5d |
| 18126825 | OPERATOR PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 6d |
| 18066194 | OPERATOR PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 6d |
| 18458508 | VEHICLE OPERATING METHOD AND SYSTEM | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 8d |
| 17952545 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE | MOORE, MARGARET G | 14d |
| 18480333 | DISC BRAKE FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES | MORRIS, DAVID R. | 20d |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17979714 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 8d overdue |
| 18126825 | OPERATOR PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 6d |
| 18066194 | OPERATOR PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 6d |
| 18458508 | VEHICLE OPERATING METHOD AND SYSTEM | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 8d |
| 18480333 | DISC BRAKE FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES | MORRIS, DAVID R. | 20d |
| 18967525 | MAINTENANCE-OF-WAY SYSTEM AND METHOD | WEISENFELD, ARYAN E | 21d |
| 19062993 | SEMI-FLOATING TURBINE NOZZLE RING | GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL | 23d |
| 18691251 | ENHANCED COVERAGE LOCAL IMMERSION FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST (NDT) | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 27d |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | 35 |
| Evident | 7 |
| Wabtec | 4 |
| Wabtec Hauts-de-France | 3 |
| Wabtec Corporation | 3 |
| POLI S.R.L | 1 |
| L & M Radiator | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 8 |
| 3616 | 4 |
| 3658 | 3 |
| 3747 | 3 |
| 2855 | 3 |
| 3664 | 2 |
| 2836 | 2 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19242319 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | MANCHO, RONNIE M | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 | |
| 19062993 | SEMI-FLOATING TURBINE NOZZLE RING | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL | 3745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 18967525 | MAINTENANCE-OF-WAY SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | WEISENFELD, ARYAN E | 3663 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18961219 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | SIENKO, TANYA CHRISTINE | 3664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18896377 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | ZARROLI, MICHAEL C | 3658 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18895029 | PHASE-BASED APPROACH FOR ULTRASONIC INSPECTION | Evident Corporation | HA, NGUYEN Q | 2853 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18848339 | ELECTRONIC BRAKING INDICATION SYSTEM FOR AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE, PARTICULARLY AT LEAST ONE RAILWAY VEHICLE | Faiveley Transport Italia S.p.A. | IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 | |
| 18810077 | VEHICLE MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS | 3668 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18800280 | EQUIPMENT REPAIR SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE | 3624 | §103 | Final Rejection | 53d overdue | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18837641 | ROBOTIC WEDGE MANIPULATION FOR DEPOSIT OR REMOVAL | Evident Corporation | SPLIT, JAMES GERALD | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 | |
| 18832475 | RAILWAY BRAKING SYSTEM FOR A RAILWAY VEHICLE HAVING BRAKES WITH AT LEAST ONE SHOE, AND RAILWAY VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SUCH A SYSTEM | Wabtec Hauts-De-France | BOWES, STEPHEN M | 3616 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18723621 | RAILWAY BRAKING SYSTEM AND RAILWAY VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SUCH A SYSTEM | Wabtec Hauts-De-France | MORRIS, DAVID R. | 3616 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18662854 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-FUEL ENGINE | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | ZALESKAS, JOHN M | 3747 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18705951 | ELECTRIC BAKE CONTROL SYSTEM | Faiveley Transport Rail Technologies India Private Limited | LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP | 3747 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18645703 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | PARRIES, DRU M | 2836 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18702892 | ULTRASONIC REMOTE CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM | Evident Corporation | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 2855 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18617119 | BRAKE ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | BOWES, STEPHEN M | 3616 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18691773 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION ADAPTABLE HEAD FOR MULTIPLE PROFILES | Evident Corporation | BUTLER, KEVIN C | 2852 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18691251 | ENHANCED COVERAGE LOCAL IMMERSION FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST (NDT) | Evident Corporation | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 2855 | §112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18595580 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | ULLAH, SHARIF E | 2495 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18582804 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOTIC VEHICLE | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | DO, TRUC M | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18403236 | VEHICLE POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | WU, LORI SOUTHARD | 3655 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2024 |
| 18394106 | RAILWAY ANCHOR APPLICATOR MACHINE | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18544349 | TIE-ARRANGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DELIVERING TIES | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18537474 | SECURE VEHICLE TO VEHICLE PTC COMMUNICATION | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | YUN, EUGENE | 2648 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18534247 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CHARGING ASSEMBLY | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | LEE, SEUNG H | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 | |
| 18534358 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CHARGING ASSEMBLY | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | ONDRASIK, JOHN PAUL | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 | |
| 18534190 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CHARGING ASSEMBLY | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | WALSH, DANIEL I | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 | |
| 18492892 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLED CHARGING OF VEHICLE ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | WEINMANN, RYU-SUNG PETER | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| 18555764 | CONTEMPORANEOUS FIRING SCHEME FOR ACOUSTIC INSPECTION | Evident Corporation | ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | 3645 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 18480333 | DISC BRAKE FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES | Poli S.R.L | MORRIS, DAVID R. | 3616 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
| 18464851 | POWER DELIVERY SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18458508 | VEHICLE OPERATING METHOD AND SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18547632 | SMALL-FOOTPRINT ACQUISITION SCHEME FOR ACOUSTIC INSPECTION | Evident Corporation | ZHONG, XIN Y | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18450850 | CONTROL SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 2119 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18365103 | CLAMP ASSEMBLY | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | BUFFINGTON, HEAVEN RICHELLE | 3615 | §102 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
| 18353796 | BATTERY CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | FUREMAN, JARED | 2859 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18344448 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | TESTARDI, DAVID A | 3664 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18344250 | VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | DULANEY, BENJAMIN O | 2683 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18252182 | SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING THE INTEGRITY OF A CONVOY, PARTICULARLY A RAILWAY CONVOY | Faiveley Transport Italia S.p.A. | WHITTINGTON, JESS G | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 18301806 | COMMUNICATION MONITORING SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | KARWAN, SIHAR A | 3658 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Apr 17, 2023 |
| 18299517 | FASTENER SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | KC, SAGAR | 3657 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
| 18126825 | OPERATOR PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 3615 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18122409 | INSERT DEVICE FOR FUEL INJECTION | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | KIRBY, BRIAN R | 3747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 16, 2023 |
| 18181027 | IMAGE MAP GENERATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | CHEN, YU | 2613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 09, 2023 |
| 18178647 | VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | BARNIE, REXFORD N | 2836 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2023 |
| 18172848 | VEHICLE COMPONENT AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2023 |
| 18066194 | OPERATOR PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 3615 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
| 17979714 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM | Faiveley Transport Italia S.p.A. | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Nov 02, 2022 |
| 17952545 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | MOORE, MARGARET G | 1765 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Sep 26, 2022 |
| 17742134 | VEHICLE SURFACE DISINFECTANT SYSTEM AND METHOD | Wabtec Hauts-De-France | LEE, AHAM NMN | 1758 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 11, 2022 |
| 17687795 | Radiator Assembly with Multiple Fans | L & M Radiator, Inc. | LANE, DEVON | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 36d | Pending | Mar 07, 2022 |
| 17589221 | VEHICLE TEMPERATURE MONITORING SYSTEM | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 2896 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2022 |
| 17522064 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC | UNELUS, ERNEST | 2181 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Nov 09, 2021 |
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