Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDERS, HOWARD J | 1 | 81.1% | +7.8% |
| UHLENHAKE, JASON S | 1 | 87.3% | -2.3% |
| SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D | 1 | 90.2% | +6.2% |
| LESLIE, MICHAEL S | 1 | 81.2% | +14.5% |
| TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T | 1 | 81.3% | +19.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18947951 | CONTROLLING MULTIPLE EVERSION-BASED ACTUATORS | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19359017 | VACUUM CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR INKJET PRINTING WITH ADJUSTMENT TO THE COVERED AREA | SANDERS, HOWARD J | — |
| 19058505 | SINGLE PASS INKJET PRINTER FOR Z-FOLD (FANFOLD) MATERIALS | UHLENHAKE, JASON S | — |
| 18967896 | PRINTING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES AND METHODS HAVING INK DROP DEFLECTION COMPENSATION | SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D | — |
| 18038655 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR FABRIC TREATMENT PROCESSING | TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18947951 | CONTROLLING MULTIPLE EVERSION-BASED ACTUATORS | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | — |
| 18038655 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR FABRIC TREATMENT PROCESSING | TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3653 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19359017 | VACUUM CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR INKJET PRINTING WITH ADJUSTMENT TO THE COVERED AREA | SANDERS, HOWARD J | 3653 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2025 |
| 19058505 | SINGLE PASS INKJET PRINTER FOR Z-FOLD (FANFOLD) MATERIALS | UHLENHAKE, JASON S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 18967896 | PRINTING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES AND METHODS HAVING INK DROP DEFLECTION COMPENSATION | SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18947951 | CONTROLLING MULTIPLE EVERSION-BASED ACTUATORS | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | 3745 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18038655 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR FABRIC TREATMENT PROCESSING | TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T | 1786 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
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