Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Epiroc Drilling Solutions LLC is managing 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners, with each examiner handling one matter. The prosecution is centralized within 1 distinct art unit. WOOD, DOUGLAS S is identified as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. This profile indicates a focused technical scope, as both pending actions and both examiners are operating within the same art unit. This concentration suggests that the company's current intellectual property efforts are focused on a specific technical niche.
For practitioners, the fact that both pending actions are in 1 distinct art unit provides a consistent administrative environment. However, because there are 2 distinct examiners, the prosecution team must still account for two different sets of individual preferences. With only 2 pending office actions, each matter is highly significant to the company's current portfolio. The 1 to 1 ratio of examiners to pending actions means that neither examiner has more influence than the other. Success in these matters will depend on navigating the specific requirements of the 1 assigned art unit while addressing the unique feedback from both WOOD, DOUGLAS S and the other distinct examiner involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOOD, DOUGLAS S | 1 | 78.2% | +11.6% |
| CARLSON, MARC | 1 | 71.0% | +23.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19307805 | DRILLING TOOL CHANGER APPARATUS | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | — |
| 18762889 | DUST MITIGATION SYSTEM | CARLSON, MARC | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19307805 | DRILLING TOOL CHANGER APPARATUS | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | — |
| 18762889 | DUST MITIGATION SYSTEM | CARLSON, MARC | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19307805 | DRILLING TOOL CHANGER APPARATUS | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | 3679 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2025 |
| 18762889 | DUST MITIGATION SYSTEM | CARLSON, MARC | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
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