Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A | 3 | 65.3% | +27.7% |
| KIM, YUNJU | 1 | 55.4% | +34.9% |
| EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | 1 | 83.7% | +23.0% |
| NGUYEN, THUKHANH T | 1 | 74.5% | +11.5% |
| HAGLER, JOHN DAVID | 1 | 56.7% | +25.4% |
| COTHRAN, BERNARD E | 1 | 45.5% | +15.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17232814 | METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COMPARING A SIMULATION WITH THE REAL CARRIED OUT PROCESS | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | 20d |
| 18215548 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VISUALIZING OR EVALUATING A PROCESS STATUS | EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | 70d |
| 19076364 | CLOSURE NOZZLE FOR A FORMING MACHINE | SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A | — |
| 19047168 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN INJECTION DEVICE | KIM, YUNJU | — |
| 18139554 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR A MOLDING MACHINE | NGUYEN, THUKHANH 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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17232814 | METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COMPARING A SIMULATION WITH THE REAL CARRIED OUT PROCESS | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | 20d |
| 18435373 | TIE-BAR-LESS CLAMPING UNIT | SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A | 30d |
| 18215548 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VISUALIZING OR EVALUATING A PROCESS STATUS | EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | 70d |
| 19076364 | CLOSURE NOZZLE FOR A FORMING MACHINE | SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A | — |
| 19075073 | CLOSURE NOZZLE FOR A FORMING MACHINE | SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A | — |
| 19047168 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN INJECTION DEVICE | KIM, YUNJU | — |
| 18139554 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR A MOLDING MACHINE | NGUYEN, THUKHANH T | — |
| 17871447 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING A TARGET PROFILE FOR THE MOVEMENT OF AN INJECTION ACTUATOR SHAPING MACHINE AND/OR SIMULATING THE INJECTING THE MOLDING COMPOUND INTO A CAVITY | HAGLER, JOHN DAVID | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1742 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| 2189 | 1 |
| 2188 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19076364 | CLOSURE NOZZLE FOR A FORMING MACHINE | SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19075073 | CLOSURE NOZZLE FOR A FORMING MACHINE | SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19047168 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN INJECTION DEVICE | KIM, YUNJU | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 18435373 | TIE-BAR-LESS CLAMPING UNIT | SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A | 1742 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18215548 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VISUALIZING OR EVALUATING A PROCESS STATUS | EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | 2117 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 18139554 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR A MOLDING MACHINE | NGUYEN, THUKHANH T | 1743 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2023 |
| 17871447 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING A TARGET PROFILE FOR THE MOVEMENT OF AN INJECTION ACTUATOR SHAPING MACHINE AND/OR SIMULATING THE INJECTING THE MOLDING COMPOUND INTO A CAVITY | HAGLER, JOHN DAVID | 2189 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2022 |
| 17232814 | METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COMPARING A SIMULATION WITH THE REAL CARRIED OUT PROCESS | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | 2188 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Apr 16, 2021 |
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