1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Clifford Group Fzco holds a company patent portfolio that currently includes 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner. The data indicates that there are 0 distinct art units associated with this portfolio, which is a specific administrative state for a pending matter. This lack of an art unit designation, as shown by the 0 distinct art units figure, may require further investigation to understand the administrative context of the 1 pending office action and how it might affect the timeline for resolution.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is CLARKE, MARGARET HATSUE HYDE, who is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since the total number of pending office actions is 1, this examiner is responsible for the entirety of the company's current prosecution. For a practitioner, the primary focus is on the interaction with CLARKE, MARGARET HATSUE HYDE. The absence of an assigned art unit suggests a potential procedural delay or a unique classification status. Practitioners must monitor the 1 pending office action closely to ensure it is correctly routed through the patent office's organizational structure despite the 0 distinct art units reported.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, MARGARET HATSUE HYDE | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18626927 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESISTANCE WELDING | CLARKE, MARGARET HATSUE HYDE | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18626927 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESISTANCE WELDING | CLARKE, MARGARET HATSUE HYDE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialClifford Group Fzco has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 0 art units and 1 examiners.
Margaret Hatsue Hyde Clarke has the most, with 1 of Clifford Group Fzco's pending office actions.
