Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
20 pending office actions • 7 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 47 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (5%) |
| §103 only | 4 (20%) |
| §102 only | 3 (15%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (55%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 3 | 70.3% | +35.7% |
| HALE, GLORIA M | 2 | 73.0% | +19.2% |
| VERLEY, NICOLE T | 2 | 83.8% | +4.0% |
| DIAZ, THOMAS C | 2 | 68.4% | +19.0% |
| O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES | 1 | 79.9% | +22.6% |
| FRISBY, KEITH J | 1 | 77.5% | +1.7% |
| MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H | 1 | 66.6% | -10.9% |
| GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH | 1 | 93.0% | -2.8% |
| SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | 1 | 62.9% | +22.6% |
| WEBB, TIFFANY L | 1 | 91.7% | +7.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19109371 | TENSIONING DEVICE FOR A SAFETY BELT COMPONENT | WEBB, TIFFANY L | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18706897 | AN AIRBAG | SLITERIS, JOSELYNN Y | 19d |
| 19390060 | TENSIONING DEVICE FOR A SAFETY BELT COMPONENT | O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| 19159218 | SEATBELT RETRACTOR AND VEHICLE SEAT | FRISBY, KEITH J | — |
| 19154247 | PROTECTION DEVICE, PROTECTION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD | MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H | — |
| 19139035 | AIRBAG DEVICE | GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH | — |
| 19134995 | SEATBELT RETRACTOR AND VEHICLE SEAT | VERLEY, NICOLE T | — |
| 19132698 | LOCKING TONGUE | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | — |
| 18853954 | BELT RETRACTOR HAVING A DEVICE FOR SENSING THE EXTENSION LENGTH OF THE BELT STRAP | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18729074 | BELT RETRACTOR FOR A SEATBELT DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 58d overdue |
| 18833734 | VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL WITH AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE | DIAZ, THOMAS C | 85d |
| 19390060 | TENSIONING DEVICE FOR A SAFETY BELT COMPONENT | O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| 19482083 | PROTECTION DEVICE | HALE, GLORIA M | — |
| 19144747 | A WEARABLE PROTECTION DEVICE | HALE, GLORIA M | — |
| 19132698 | LOCKING TONGUE | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | — |
| 18853954 | BELT RETRACTOR HAVING A DEVICE FOR SENSING THE EXTENSION LENGTH OF THE BELT STRAP | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | — |
| 18723734 | STEERING WHEEL | DIAZ, THOMAS C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3614 | 8 |
| 3732 | 4 |
| 3654 | 3 |
| 3617 | 2 |
| 3677 | 1 |
| 3747 | 1 |
| 2154 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19390060 | TENSIONING DEVICE FOR A SAFETY BELT COMPONENT | O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES | 3614 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2025 |
| 19482083 | PROTECTION DEVICE | HALE, GLORIA M | 3732 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2025 |
| 19159218 | SEATBELT RETRACTOR AND VEHICLE SEAT | FRISBY, KEITH J | 3614 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2025 |
| 19154247 | PROTECTION DEVICE, PROTECTION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD | MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H | 3732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2025 |
| 19144747 | A WEARABLE PROTECTION DEVICE | HALE, GLORIA M | 3732 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19139035 | AIRBAG DEVICE | GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH | 3614 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19134995 | SEATBELT RETRACTOR AND VEHICLE SEAT | VERLEY, NICOLE T | 3614 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19132698 | LOCKING TONGUE | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | 3677 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 18833734 | VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL WITH AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE | DIAZ, THOMAS C | 3617 | §103 | Final Rejection | 85d | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19109371 | TENSIONING DEVICE FOR A SAFETY BELT COMPONENT | WEBB, TIFFANY L | 3614 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 18875871 | VEHICLE AIRBAG DEVICE | KECK, DANIEL M | 3614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18706897 | AN AIRBAG | SLITERIS, JOSELYNN Y | 3614 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18853954 | BELT RETRACTOR HAVING A DEVICE FOR SENSING THE EXTENSION LENGTH OF THE BELT STRAP | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 3654 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18850294 | BELT RETRACTOR FOR A SEAT BELT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | VERLEY, NICOLE T | 3614 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18837363 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE OCCUPANCY | CAMPBELL, JOSHUA A | 3747 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18729074 | BELT RETRACTOR FOR A SEATBELT DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 3654 | §103 | Final Rejection | 58d overdue | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18723734 | STEERING WHEEL | DIAZ, THOMAS C | 3617 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18720997 | WEARABLE SAFETY SYSTEM AND A BAG ARRANGEMENT USING SUCH WEARABLE SAFETY SYSTEM | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 3732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18704318 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR TRAINING OF A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL IN FALL ASSESSMENT | CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T | 2154 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18043871 | BELT RETRACTOR | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 3654 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2023 |
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