3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ayrton currently has 3 pending office actions being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners. This indicates that while the workload is distributed, there is some overlap in the personnel handling the company's applications. The 3 pending actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, ensuring a consistent technical focus for the portfolio's examination.
The busiest examiner is MELLIAR, WILLIAM B, who is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This examiner handles a large portion of the workload, making his specific examination approach a critical factor for the company's success within the 1 distinct art unit involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELLIAR, WILLIAM B | 2 | 97.1% | +1.1% |
| CHAMBERS, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35525485 | Searchlight | MELLIAR, WILLIAM B | — |
| 35526613 | Searchlight | CHAMBERS, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35525484 | Searchlight | MELLIAR, WILLIAM B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2934 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35525484 | Searchlight | MELLIAR, WILLIAM B | 2934 | §102§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 26, 2025 |
| 35525485 | Searchlight | MELLIAR, WILLIAM B | 2934 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 26, 2025 |
| 35526613 | Searchlight | CHAMBERS, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | 2934 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAyrton has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
William B Melliar has the most, with 2 of Ayrton's pending office actions.
