Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Assa Abloy Access And Egress Hardware Group Inc.

4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (25%)
3
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (50%)
§102 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
25% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
25% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 1 55.2% +37.8%
YACOB, SISAY 1 76.7% +17.4%
BARRETT, SUZANNE LALE DINO 1 77.3% +8.2%
IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD 1 81.0% -5.1%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17856225 DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY WITH KEYLESS HANDLE IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19200934 DEADBOLT LOCK WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19200934 DEADBOLT LOCK WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY
19012752 LOCK TO LOCK COMMUNICATION YACOB, SISAY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3675 2
2686 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19200934 DEADBOLT LOCK WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2025
19012752 LOCK TO LOCK COMMUNICATION YACOB, SISAY 2686 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 07, 2025
18672414 CLUTCH FOR A DOOR LOCK BARRETT, SUZANNE LALE DINO 3675 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2024
17856225 DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY WITH KEYLESS HANDLE IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD 3675 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jul 01, 2022

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