Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 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 only | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANKS, KEONA LAUREN | 1 | 55.9% | +1.6% |
| HA, NGUYEN Q | 1 | 80.2% | +4.3% |
| WILSON, GREGORY A | 1 | 81.9% | +6.7% |
| BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | 1 | 76.5% | +9.8% |
| WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | 1 | 75.3% | +27.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18754967 | CAP FOR A WATER HEATER, EXTRACTION TOOL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | WILSON, GREGORY A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18887300 | Scale Alarm System and Method | HA, NGUYEN Q | — |
| 18659693 | WATER HEATING APPLIANCE HAVING A MULTI-COMPONENT SHROUD MOUNTING AND TOP COVER | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18659693 | WATER HEATING APPLIANCE HAVING A MULTI-COMPONENT SHROUD MOUNTING AND TOP COVER | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 1 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18941397 | EXPANSION SYSTEM AND HEAT PUMP INCORPORATING THE SAME | BANKS, KEONA LAUREN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18887300 | Scale Alarm System and Method | HA, NGUYEN Q | 2853 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18754967 | CAP FOR A WATER HEATER, EXTRACTION TOOL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | WILSON, GREGORY A | 1718 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18659698 | SECURING BRACKET FOR MAINTAINING A POSITION OF FLEXIBLE CONDUIT WITHIN A WATER HEATING APPLIANCE | BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18659693 | WATER HEATING APPLIANCE HAVING A MULTI-COMPONENT SHROUD MOUNTING AND TOP COVER | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
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