Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
15 pending office actions • 9 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 5 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (53%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, WILLIAM J | 1 | 86.1% | +11.1% |
| ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 1 | 76.1% | +11.8% |
| KITT, STEPHEN A | 1 | 54.5% | +38.8% |
| COZART, JERMIE E | 1 | 83.8% | +3.2% |
| SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | 1 | 52.3% | +38.6% |
| WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1 | 63.4% | +26.2% |
| GANEY, STEVEN J | 1 | 82.2% | +10.3% |
| SINGH, KAVEL | 1 | 83.7% | +14.0% |
| ROLLAND, ALEX A | 1 | 47.4% | +26.4% |
| MCCLAIN, GERALD | 1 | 74.2% | +14.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19262543 | PROTECTIVE COVERING FOR A ROBOT HAND AXIS | COOK, WILLIAM J | — |
| 18860463 | ASSEMBLY SYSTEM COMPRISING A WORKSTATION ENCLOSURE AND A TRANSPORT VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A WORK OBJECT BETWEEN A TRANSPORT VEHICLE AND A WORKSTATION ENCLOSURE | COZART, JERMIE E | — |
| 18702138 | BELL CUP, AND ROTARY ATOMIZER COMPRISING SUCH A BELL CUP | GANEY, STEVEN J | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18576060 | TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES | HO, ANNA THI | 84d |
| 18861817 | TREATMENT PLANT FOR TREATING WORKPIECES, AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES | KITT, STEPHEN A | — |
| 18720439 | TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | — |
| 18698984 | CONVEYOR DEVICE, TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING WORKPIECES | SINGH, KAVEL | — |
| 18683784 | OPERATING METHOD FOR AN ATOMIZER, AND CORRESPONDING COATING SYSTEM | ROLLAND, ALEX A | — |
| 18576209 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING A MOTOR VEHICLE BODY COMPONENT | MCCLAIN, GERALD | — |
| 18261496 | COATING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR ROTARY ATOMIZER | PENCE, JETHRO M | — |
| 18005764 | APPARATUS FOR DISINFECTING AT LEAST ONE ROOM, IN PARTICULAR A DWELLING ROOM FOR PERSONS, WITH AN ATOMISER | TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19112116 | RETURN DEVICE FOR RETURNING AT LEAST ONE LINE | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 55d |
| 19262543 | PROTECTIVE COVERING FOR A ROBOT HAND AXIS | COOK, WILLIAM J | — |
| 18861817 | TREATMENT PLANT FOR TREATING WORKPIECES, AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES | KITT, STEPHEN A | — |
| 18920067 | ROTARY ATOMIZER | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | — |
| 18720439 | TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | — |
| 18702138 | BELL CUP, AND ROTARY ATOMIZER COMPRISING SUCH A BELL CUP | GANEY, STEVEN J | — |
| 18698984 | CONVEYOR DEVICE, TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING WORKPIECES | SINGH, KAVEL | — |
| 18683784 | OPERATING METHOD FOR AN ATOMIZER, AND CORRESPONDING COATING SYSTEM | ROLLAND, ALEX A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 3 |
| 3618 | 2 |
| 1717 | 2 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 3651 | 1 |
| 3652 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19262543 | PROTECTIVE COVERING FOR A ROBOT HAND AXIS | COOK, WILLIAM J | 3618 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19112116 | RETURN DEVICE FOR RETURNING AT LEAST ONE LINE | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 3618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 18861817 | TREATMENT PLANT FOR TREATING WORKPIECES, AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES | KITT, STEPHEN A | 1717 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18860463 | ASSEMBLY SYSTEM COMPRISING A WORKSTATION ENCLOSURE AND A TRANSPORT VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A WORK OBJECT BETWEEN A TRANSPORT VEHICLE AND A WORKSTATION ENCLOSURE | COZART, JERMIE E | 3799 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18920067 | ROTARY ATOMIZER | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18720439 | TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1712 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18702138 | BELL CUP, AND ROTARY ATOMIZER COMPRISING SUCH A BELL CUP | GANEY, STEVEN J | 3752 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18698984 | CONVEYOR DEVICE, TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING WORKPIECES | SINGH, KAVEL | 3651 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18683784 | OPERATING METHOD FOR AN ATOMIZER, AND CORRESPONDING COATING SYSTEM | ROLLAND, ALEX A | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18576209 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING A MOTOR VEHICLE BODY COMPONENT | MCCLAIN, GERALD | 3652 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2024 |
| 18576060 | TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES | HO, ANNA THI | 3752 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18261496 | COATING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR ROTARY ATOMIZER | PENCE, JETHRO M | 1717 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18005764 | APPARATUS FOR DISINFECTING AT LEAST ONE ROOM, IN PARTICULAR A DWELLING ROOM FOR PERSONS, WITH AN ATOMISER | TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL | 1758 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2023 |
| 18015140 | BEARING SYSTEM FOR A ROTARY ATOMIZER | LIEUWEN, CODY J | 3752 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jan 09, 2023 |
| 17254186 | SEPARATING DEVICE AND TREATMENT SYSTEM | HAMILTON, FRANCES F | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2020 |
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