Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bal Seal Engineering LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Both actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a focused examination path for their mechanical filings. The company is working with 2 distinct examiners, matching the total count of active cases. This arrangement ensures that each filing is reviewed by a different official at the patent office.
KONERU, LAKSHMI S is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners for the 2 pending office actions, each examiner is managing a single file for the company. The 1 distinct art unit indicates that the technical subject matter falls within a narrow classification. This structure ensures that the 2 pending office actions are evaluated independently, with 1 pending office action assigned to each of the assigned examiners.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KONERU, LAKSHMI S | 1 | 62.6% | +15.9% |
| CUMAR, NATHAN | 1 | 78.8% | +14.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19095220 | SEALS WITH BELLOWS AND RELATED METHODS | KONERU, LAKSHMI S | — |
| 19046699 | LIP SEALS AND RELATED METHODS | CUMAR, NATHAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19095220 | SEALS WITH BELLOWS AND RELATED METHODS | KONERU, LAKSHMI S | 3675 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19046699 | LIP SEALS AND RELATED METHODS | CUMAR, NATHAN | 3675 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
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