Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
9 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Asc Engineered Solutions LLC currently manages 9 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed across 6 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This distribution indicates some concentration of examination among certain examiners within the USPTO.
DUNWOODY, AARON M is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 3 pending office actions. This represents one-third of the total 9 pending office actions. The presence of 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's mechanical innovations are concentrated within a few specialized classifications within the patent office.
Practitioners should note that with 6 distinct examiners for 9 actions, several examiners are reviewing multiple applications. This examiner overlap, particularly with DUNWOODY, AARON M, may allow for a more consistent prosecution strategy across those specific cases. Managing 3 distinct art units requires a focused understanding of the examination guidelines within those specific divisions of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (56%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNWOODY, AARON M | 3 | 75.2% | +11.4% |
| KEE, FANNIE C | 2 | 69.9% | +29.2% |
| GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 59.0% | +23.3% |
| CARY, KELSEY E | 1 | 75.0% | +24.9% |
| LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT | 1 | 64.1% | +33.8% |
| WEINHOLD, INGRID M | 1 | 47.0% | +42.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18435199 | BUTTERFLY VALVE | CARY, KELSEY E | 15d |
| 19051571 | PIPE COUPLING WITH INSTALLATION INDICATOR | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 29d |
| 18379486 | PIPE CONNECTION RING FOR PIPE COUPLING | KEE, FANNIE C | 29d |
| 18382408 | BRACKET ASSEMBLY FOR FIRE SPRINKLER SUPPORT ASSEMBLY | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | 56d |
| 18239572 | PRE-ASSEMBLED COUPLING ASSEMBLIES WITH PIPE FITTING | KEE, FANNIE C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18886896 | METHOD OF ATTACHING A BRACE MEMBER TO A MOUNTING BRACKET | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 42d overdue |
| 19243428 | PIPE COUPLINGS HAVING INSTALLATION INDICATORS | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 30d overdue |
| 19252113 | FITTING WITH POSITIVE INSTALLATION INDICATOR ASSEMBLY | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 4d overdue |
| 18435199 | BUTTERFLY VALVE | CARY, KELSEY E | 15d |
| 19051571 | PIPE COUPLING WITH INSTALLATION INDICATOR | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 29d |
| 18379486 | PIPE CONNECTION RING FOR PIPE COUPLING | KEE, FANNIE C | 29d |
| 18382408 | BRACKET ASSEMBLY FOR FIRE SPRINKLER SUPPORT ASSEMBLY | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | 56d |
| 18385140 | FIRE SPRINKLER ASSEMBLY | LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 6 |
| 3632 | 2 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19252113 | FITTING WITH POSITIVE INSTALLATION INDICATOR ASSEMBLY | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 3679 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19243428 | PIPE COUPLINGS HAVING INSTALLATION INDICATORS | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 3679 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 19051571 | PIPE COUPLING WITH INSTALLATION INDICATOR | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 3679 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 18886896 | METHOD OF ATTACHING A BRACE MEMBER TO A MOUNTING BRACKET | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 3632 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18435199 | BUTTERFLY VALVE | CARY, KELSEY E | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18385140 | FIRE SPRINKLER ASSEMBLY | LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT | 3679 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18382408 | BRACKET ASSEMBLY FOR FIRE SPRINKLER SUPPORT ASSEMBLY | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | 3632 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18379486 | PIPE CONNECTION RING FOR PIPE COUPLING | KEE, FANNIE C | 3679 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18239572 | PRE-ASSEMBLED COUPLING ASSEMBLIES WITH PIPE FITTING | KEE, FANNIE C | 3679 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
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