Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
15 pending office actions • 3 clients • 14 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 42 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wegman Hessler handles patent prosecution in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area, with 1167 career applications on record. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 86.86 percent. Its prosecution history shows an average of 2.97 office actions per allowance. Currently, the firm is managing 10 pending office actions.
The 1167 career applications and 86.86 percent allowance rate establish the firm's historical performance in this sector. The 2.97 average helps practitioners understand the typical procedural requirements for reaching an allowance. With 10 pending office actions, the firm maintains its presence in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. This data set reflects the firm's documented experience and current workload within the patent office. The recorded metrics provide a baseline for procedural duration in this specific field. Practitioners can evaluate the intensity of examiner interaction and resource requirements based on these historical figures. These statistics offer a view of the firm's prosecution profile.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 (7%) |
| §103 only | 4 (27%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUNCO, MADELINE IVY | 2 | 77.2% | +8.7% |
| EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O | 1 | 75.3% | +3.6% |
| CHOI, TAEKWON NMN | 1 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
| HARCOURT, BRAD | 1 | 84.2% | +5.3% |
| HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | 1 | 83.9% | +7.9% |
| SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS | 1 | 33.0% | +23.9% |
| CHOI, JISUN | 1 | 65.8% | +59.7% |
| RAILEY, JENNIFER A | 1 | 79.5% | +8.1% |
| ALI, LABIBAH ILMA | 1 | 80.0% | +0.0% |
| LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY | 1 | 85.4% | +6.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18678273 | ERASE ALGORITHM FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEFINING A WEAK PROGRAM STATE AS AN ERASE STATE | LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY | 4d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18086562 | HINGE PIN KEEPER AND ENCLOSURE WITH AMBIDEXTROUS LIFT OFF-HINGE | MORGAN, EMILY M | 9d |
| 18370236 | HIGH EFFICIENCY MOW DECK AND MULTI-BLADE CUTTING SYSTEM FOR RIDE-ON MAINTENANCE APPARATUS | RUNCO, MADELINE IVY | 14d |
| 17700255 | BAGGING APPARATUS FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY LAWN MAINTENANCE TOOL | KAERCHER, ASHLEY ANGELINE | 34d |
| 19271136 | DIFFERENTIAL TRACTION DRIVE AND STEERING AXIS COORDINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O | — |
| 19208955 | DUAL WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE | CHOI, TAEKWON NMN | — |
| 19048266 | REARWARD SIDE DISCHARGE MOW DECK AND DECK INSERTS FOR BAGGING AND SIDE DISCHARGE | HARCOURT, BRAD | — |
| 19014517 | LAWN MAINTENANCE DEVICE WITH BLOWER ASSISTED BAGGING | HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | — |
| 19010398 | FORCE FEEDBACK AND RETURN TO CENTER FOR DRIVE-BY-WIRE STEERING SYSTEM | SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18920455 | POWER EQUIPMENT DEVICE WITH OPERATOR-INITIATED AUTOMATED LIMITED TURNING APPARATUS | CHOI, JISUN | 9d overdue |
| 19010398 | FORCE FEEDBACK AND RETURN TO CENTER FOR DRIVE-BY-WIRE STEERING SYSTEM | SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Stanley Black & Decker | 13 |
| Crossbar | 1 |
| Integra Enclosures, Limited | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3671 | 5 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 2824 | 1 |
| 3677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19271136 | DIFFERENTIAL TRACTION DRIVE AND STEERING AXIS COORDINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | Mtd Products Inc. | EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O | 3658 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19208955 | DUAL WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE | Mtd Products Inc. | CHOI, TAEKWON NMN | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 | |
| 19048266 | REARWARD SIDE DISCHARGE MOW DECK AND DECK INSERTS FOR BAGGING AND SIDE DISCHARGE | Mtd Products Inc. | HARCOURT, BRAD | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 | |
| 19014517 | LAWN MAINTENANCE DEVICE WITH BLOWER ASSISTED BAGGING | Mtd Products Inc. | HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 | |
| 19010398 | FORCE FEEDBACK AND RETURN TO CENTER FOR DRIVE-BY-WIRE STEERING SYSTEM | Mtd Products Inc. | SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS | 3663 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18985422 | SIDE DISCHARGE CHUTE APPARATUS FOR A POWER EQUIPMENT MACHINE | Mtd Products Inc. | RUNCO, MADELINE IVY | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 | |
| 18920455 | POWER EQUIPMENT DEVICE WITH OPERATOR-INITIATED AUTOMATED LIMITED TURNING APPARATUS | Mtd Products Inc. | CHOI, JISUN | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18778521 | SHIFTABLE MOW DECK | Mtd Products Inc. | RAILEY, JENNIFER A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 | |
| 18737461 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVE-BY-WIRE IN OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT | Mtd Products Inc. | ALI, LABIBAH ILMA | 3671 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18678273 | ERASE ALGORITHM FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEFINING A WEAK PROGRAM STATE AS AN ERASE STATE | Crossbar, Inc. | LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY | 2824 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18370236 | HIGH EFFICIENCY MOW DECK AND MULTI-BLADE CUTTING SYSTEM FOR RIDE-ON MAINTENANCE APPARATUS | Mtd Products Inc. | RUNCO, MADELINE IVY | 3671 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18367557 | COMPACT FOLDING HANDLES AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY TURF MAINTENANCE TOOL | Mtd Products Inc. | WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE | 3671 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18101797 | POWER EQUIPMENT MACHINE WITH FOOT PEDAL STEERING AND SPEED CONTROLS | Mtd Products Inc. | ROCCA, JOSEPH M | 3671 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2023 |
| 18086562 | HINGE PIN KEEPER AND ENCLOSURE WITH AMBIDEXTROUS LIFT OFF-HINGE | Integra Enclosures, Limited | MORGAN, EMILY M | 3677 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 17700255 | BAGGING APPARATUS FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY LAWN MAINTENANCE TOOL | Mtd Products Inc. | KAERCHER, ASHLEY ANGELINE | 3671 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Mar 21, 2022 |
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