Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNY, DANIEL J | 1 | 61.8% | +21.7% |
| GRAY, GEORGE STERLING | 1 | 75.4% | +9.6% |
| CULLER, JILL E | 1 | 57.3% | +13.5% |
| YAO, THEODORE N | 1 | 67.1% | +38.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18742347 | METHOD FOR FORMING A SUPPORT WALL IN THE GROUND AND SUPPORT WALL | KENNY, DANIEL J | — |
| 18259963 | METHOD AND UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION DEVICE FOR GROUND WORKING | GRAY, GEORGE STERLING | — |
| 17997475 | TRENCH CUTTER | YAO, THEODORE N | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18742347 | METHOD FOR FORMING A SUPPORT WALL IN THE GROUND AND SUPPORT WALL | KENNY, DANIEL J | — |
| 18249686 | CIVIL ENGINEERING TOOL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING METHOD | CULLER, JILL E | — |
| 17997475 | TRENCH CUTTER | YAO, THEODORE N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3676 | 2 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18742347 | METHOD FOR FORMING A SUPPORT WALL IN THE GROUND AND SUPPORT WALL | KENNY, DANIEL J | 3633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18259963 | METHOD AND UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION DEVICE FOR GROUND WORKING | GRAY, GEORGE STERLING | 3676 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18249686 | CIVIL ENGINEERING TOOL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING METHOD | CULLER, JILL E | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 17997475 | TRENCH CUTTER | YAO, THEODORE N | 3676 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2022 |
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