Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Advanced Suspension Technology LLC currently has 5 pending office actions within its patent portfolio. These actions are categorized under the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The prosecution is spread across 5 distinct examiners, meaning each action is being reviewed by a different individual.
The data shows that these filings are distributed across 2 distinct art units. This concentration in a small number of art units despite having a larger number of examiners suggests that the company's filings are being processed by multiple individuals within the same specialized groups. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is IRVIN, THOMAS W.
IRVIN, THOMAS W is currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This represents a portion of the 5 total pending office actions for the portfolio. The presence of a unique examiner for every pending action indicates a high level of examiner diversity in the current prosecution phase, as no single person is handling more than one of the pending matters. This structure provides the company with multiple points of contact across the 2 distinct art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRVIN, THOMAS W | 1 | 77.4% | +14.5% |
| SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P | 1 | 85.5% | +6.2% |
| AUNG, SAN M | 1 | 77.7% | +20.4% |
| RASHID, MAHBUBUR | 1 | 67.8% | +20.4% |
| LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18371526 | Damper Assembly Including Intake Valve In Fluid Chamber | RASHID, MAHBUBUR | 9d overdue |
| 18944308 | Interface Element For A Shock Absorber And A Shock Absorber | IRVIN, THOMAS W | — |
| 18775489 | SPRING WITH TAPERED ARMS FOR SHOCK ABSORBER | SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P | — |
| 18397415 | DAMPER WITH ASYMMETRICAL VALVE PRELOAD RING | AUNG, SAN M | — |
| 18244537 | METHOD OF PRESSURIZING A FLOATING PISTON ACCUMULATOR | LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18371526 | Damper Assembly Including Intake Valve In Fluid Chamber | RASHID, MAHBUBUR | 9d overdue |
| 18944308 | Interface Element For A Shock Absorber And A Shock Absorber | IRVIN, THOMAS W | — |
| 18397415 | DAMPER WITH ASYMMETRICAL VALVE PRELOAD RING | AUNG, SAN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3616 | 3 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18944308 | Interface Element For A Shock Absorber And A Shock Absorber | IRVIN, THOMAS W | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18775489 | SPRING WITH TAPERED ARMS FOR SHOCK ABSORBER | SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P | 3616 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18397415 | DAMPER WITH ASYMMETRICAL VALVE PRELOAD RING | AUNG, SAN M | 3616 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18371526 | Damper Assembly Including Intake Valve In Fluid Chamber | RASHID, MAHBUBUR | 3616 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18244537 | METHOD OF PRESSURIZING A FLOATING PISTON ACCUMULATOR | LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
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