Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Dewalch Technologies Inc.

7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

2
Hard (29%)
3
Medium (43%)
2
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only1 (14%)
§102 only2 (29%)
Double-patenting only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

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
29% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J 2 67.4% +26.0%
AHMAD, FARIA F 2 76.7% +8.2%
LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A 1 88.4% +8.1%
NGUYEN, JUDY 1 17.6% +14.0%
BARRETT, SUZANNE LALE DINO 1 77.3% +8.2%

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
18239111 Apparatus, System and Method for Securing an Enclosure LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17984209 Securing Apparatus and Method NGUYEN, JUDY 22d
16983891 ELECTRONIC LOCKING APPARATUS AND METHOD AHMAD, FARIA F

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17984209 Securing Apparatus and Method NGUYEN, JUDY 22d
18642759 Securing Apparatus and Method BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J
16945914 Retained Lock System and Method BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3675 5
2831 1
2858 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18642759 Securing Apparatus and Method BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J 3675 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18239111 Apparatus, System and Method for Securing an Enclosure LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A 2831 DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2023
17984209 Securing Apparatus and Method NGUYEN, JUDY 2858 §102§112Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 09, 2022
17087612 ELECTRONIC LOCKING APPARATUS AND METHOD AHMAD, FARIA F 3675 DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 02, 2020
16983891 ELECTRONIC LOCKING APPARATUS AND METHOD AHMAD, FARIA F 3675 §101DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 03, 2020
16945914 Retained Lock System and Method BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J 3675 §102 Final Rejection Pending Aug 02, 2020
13835722 ELECTRONIC LOCKING APPARATUS AND METHOD BARRETT, SUZANNE LALE DINO 3675 §103Other Non-Final OA 33d Pending Mar 15, 2013

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