Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

BIC Violex Single Member S.A.

13 pending office actions • 4 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

7
Hard (54%)
3
Medium (23%)
3
Easy (23%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (23%)
§112 only3 (23%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (54%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
15% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
77% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CORNETT, ROBERT D 2 39.2% +44.4%
ASHLEY, BOYER DOLINGER 2 12.8% +10.6%
LIN, KO-WEI 1 75.8% +20.4%
PRONE, JASON D 1 61.7% +25.3%
MACFARLANE, EVAN H 1 50.6% +42.3%
NGUYEN, PHONG H 1 70.7% +20.3%
WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE 1 34.6% +77.3%
JONES, LOGAN P 1 43.0% +32.3%
SONG, JIANFENG 1 56.2% +33.1%
DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 1 28.6% +48.5%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18059261 BLADE WITH SKIN AND HAIR CONTROL ELEMENT ASHLEY, BOYER DOLINGER 177d overdue
18325810 RAZOR CARTRIDGE ASHLEY, BOYER DOLINGER 44d overdue
18363391 EXFOLIATING SHAVING DEVICE KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 20d
18680615 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A RAZOR CARTRIDGE COMPONENT PRONE, JASON D
18575117 SHAVER HANDLE NGUYEN, PHONG H
18557231 A HEAT TRANSFER ASSEMBLY DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH
18261628 RAZOR HEADS, KITS, RAZORS & METHODS COMPRISING THE SAME CORNETT, ROBERT D

Interview Candidates (12)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18059261 BLADE WITH SKIN AND HAIR CONTROL ELEMENT ASHLEY, BOYER DOLINGER 177d overdue
18325810 RAZOR CARTRIDGE ASHLEY, BOYER DOLINGER 44d overdue
18563691 FLAME PRODUCING ASSEMBLIES JONES, LOGAN P 16d overdue
18715518 RAZOR CONNECTOR MACFARLANE, EVAN H 83d
18756836 RAZOR INTERCONNECTING MECHANISM CORNETT, ROBERT D
18724839 FLAME PRODUCING ASSEMBLIES LIN, KO-WEI
18680615 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A RAZOR CARTRIDGE COMPONENT PRONE, JASON D
18575117 SHAVER HANDLE NGUYEN, PHONG H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3724 9
3762 1
1613 1
1755 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18756836 RAZOR INTERCONNECTING MECHANISM CORNETT, ROBERT D 3724 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2024
18724839 FLAME PRODUCING ASSEMBLIES LIN, KO-WEI §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2024
18680615 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A RAZOR CARTRIDGE COMPONENT PRONE, JASON D 3724 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2024
18715518 RAZOR CONNECTOR MACFARLANE, EVAN H 3724 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending May 31, 2024
18575117 SHAVER HANDLE NGUYEN, PHONG H 3724 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 28, 2023
18540240 SHAVING DEVICE WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE 3724 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
18563691 FLAME PRODUCING ASSEMBLIES JONES, LOGAN P 3762 §112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2023
18563178 SOLID SHAVING AID COMPOSITION SONG, JIANFENG 1613 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 21, 2023
18557231 A HEAT TRANSFER ASSEMBLY DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 1755 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2023
18363391 EXFOLIATING SHAVING DEVICE KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 3724 §103§112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Aug 01, 2023
18261628 RAZOR HEADS, KITS, RAZORS & METHODS COMPRISING THE SAME CORNETT, ROBERT D 3724 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 14, 2023
18325810 RAZOR CARTRIDGE ASHLEY, BOYER DOLINGER 3724 §102§103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18059261 BLADE WITH SKIN AND HAIR CONTROL ELEMENT ASHLEY, BOYER DOLINGER 3724 §102§103 Non-Final OA 177d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2022

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