Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
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) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABOAGYE, MICHAEL | 1 | 75.4% | +37.8% |
| TRAN, THIEN S | 1 | 71.8% | +24.1% |
| NGUYEN, HUNG D | 1 | 71.3% | +30.3% |
| SAMUELS, LAWRENCE H | 1 | 56.3% | +37.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18683906 | HOLDER WITH A SECURING MEANS FOR RELEASABLY SECURING A HAND-HELD TORCH, AND A HAND-HELD TORCH HAVING A HOLDER | ABOAGYE, MICHAEL | — |
| 18558389 | Combined Extraction/Shielding Gas Nozzle of an Arc Welding Torch with a Consumable Electrode and Torch Neck Having a Combined Extraction/Shielding Gas Nozzle | TRAN, THIEN S | — |
| 18558206 | Combined Extraction/Shielding Gas Nozzle of an Arc Welding Torch with a Non-Consumable Electrode and Torch Body Comprising a Combined Extraction/Shielding Gas Nozzle | NGUYEN, HUNG D | — |
| 18254920 | TORCH NECK FOR THERMALLY JOINING AT LEAST ONE WORKPIECE, TORCH WITH TORCH NECK, AND WELDING DEVICE | SAMUELS, LAWRENCE H | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18683906 | HOLDER WITH A SECURING MEANS FOR RELEASABLY SECURING A HAND-HELD TORCH, AND A HAND-HELD TORCH HAVING A HOLDER | ABOAGYE, MICHAEL | — |
| 18558389 | Combined Extraction/Shielding Gas Nozzle of an Arc Welding Torch with a Consumable Electrode and Torch Neck Having a Combined Extraction/Shielding Gas Nozzle | TRAN, THIEN S | — |
| 18558206 | Combined Extraction/Shielding Gas Nozzle of an Arc Welding Torch with a Non-Consumable Electrode and Torch Body Comprising a Combined Extraction/Shielding Gas Nozzle | NGUYEN, HUNG D | — |
| 18254920 | TORCH NECK FOR THERMALLY JOINING AT LEAST ONE WORKPIECE, TORCH WITH TORCH NECK, AND WELDING DEVICE | SAMUELS, LAWRENCE H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18683906 | HOLDER WITH A SECURING MEANS FOR RELEASABLY SECURING A HAND-HELD TORCH, AND A HAND-HELD TORCH HAVING A HOLDER | ABOAGYE, MICHAEL | 1733 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18558389 | Combined Extraction/Shielding Gas Nozzle of an Arc Welding Torch with a Consumable Electrode and Torch Neck Having a Combined Extraction/Shielding Gas Nozzle | TRAN, THIEN S | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18558206 | Combined Extraction/Shielding Gas Nozzle of an Arc Welding Torch with a Non-Consumable Electrode and Torch Body Comprising a Combined Extraction/Shielding Gas Nozzle | NGUYEN, HUNG D | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18254920 | TORCH NECK FOR THERMALLY JOINING AT LEAST ONE WORKPIECE, TORCH WITH TORCH NECK, AND WELDING DEVICE | SAMUELS, LAWRENCE H | 3761 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2023 |
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