Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Consolidated Metco Inc.

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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.

3
Hard (60%)
1
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
40% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, VIET P 1 61.3% +30.7%
RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA 1 87.9% +10.4%
JENKINS, JERMAINE L 1 88.1% +8.1%
BELLINGER, JASON R 1 69.9% +18.6%
FUREMAN, JARED 1 43.1% +18.3%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18380075 TIRE MONITORING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHODS JENKINS, JERMAINE L

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18140189 VEHICLE ELECTRICAL POWER APPARATUS FUREMAN, JARED 42d
18938554 IN-WHEEL ELECTRIC GENERATOR APPARATUS NGUYEN, VIET P
18663719 ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM TONE RING APPARATUS RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA

Interview Candidates (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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18235568 TIRE INFLATION SYSTEM BELLINGER, JASON R 84d overdue
18140189 VEHICLE ELECTRICAL POWER APPARATUS FUREMAN, JARED 42d
18938554 IN-WHEEL ELECTRIC GENERATOR APPARATUS NGUYEN, VIET P
18663719 ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM TONE RING APPARATUS RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3615 2
2855 1
2859 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18938554 IN-WHEEL ELECTRIC GENERATOR APPARATUS NGUYEN, VIET P §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2024
18663719 ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM TONE RING APPARATUS RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA 3615 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2024
18380075 TIRE MONITORING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHODS JENKINS, JERMAINE L 2855 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023
18235568 TIRE INFLATION SYSTEM BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §112 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2023
18140189 VEHICLE ELECTRICAL POWER APPARATUS FUREMAN, JARED 2859 §102§103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Apr 27, 2023

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