Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
3 pending office actions • 0 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
A. O. Smith Corporation currently manages 3 pending office actions. These matters are distributed across 3 distinct examiners, indicating a one-to-one ratio of actions to examiners. This distribution suggests that no single examiner is overwhelmed by the company's current workload.
Emmanuel E Duke is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 1 pending action. Because the 3 pending office actions are spread among 3 distinct examiners, the company maintains a diverse set of interactions within the patent office. This structure prevents a high concentration of risk with any single individual.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUKE, EMMANUEL E | 1 | 68.7% | +27.6% |
| NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | 1 | 80.8% | +13.7% |
| WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | 1 | 74.8% | +28.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18977546 | HEAT PUMP WATER FLOW CONTROL | NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | — |
| 18723313 | CONDENSING HEAT EXCHANGER AND WATER HEATING/HEATING DEVICE | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19030642 | HEAT PUMP DEFROST CONTROL | DUKE, EMMANUEL E | — |
| 18977546 | HEAT PUMP WATER FLOW CONTROL | NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | — |
| 18723313 | CONDENSING HEAT EXCHANGER AND WATER HEATING/HEATING DEVICE | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19030642 | HEAT PUMP DEFROST CONTROL | DUKE, EMMANUEL E | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18977546 | HEAT PUMP WATER FLOW CONTROL | NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18723313 | CONDENSING HEAT EXCHANGER AND WATER HEATING/HEATING DEVICE | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
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