Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Erico International Corporation

15 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
2
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
13
Medium (87%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (13%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (73%)
§102 only2 (13%)
No statute on record2 (13%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

4
Life Sciences
27% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
27% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
47% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JOHNSON, SONJI N 2 74.3% +21.4%
STONER, KILEY SHAWN 2 80.8% +15.3%
GAMINO, CARLOS J 2 35.3% +46.0%
AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED 2
WOOD, KIMBERLY T 1 54.5% +27.2%
KING, ANITA M 1 79.9% +15.2%
KEE, FANNIE C 1 69.9% +29.5%
GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 1 58.9% +22.9%
WILLIS, TREMESHA S 1 77.9% +17.3%
IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 1 74.2% +24.8%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18578532 Exothermic Welding System STONER, KILEY SHAWN 118d overdue
18929075 IGNITION SYSTEMS FOR EXOTHERMIC WELDING STONER, KILEY SHAWN 5d overdue

Interview Candidates (12)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18600326 Beam Clamp IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 146d overdue
18578532 Exothermic Welding System STONER, KILEY SHAWN 118d overdue
18827051 SUPPORT SYSTEM KEE, FANNIE C 66d overdue
18748789 Exothermic Welding Device GAMINO, CARLOS J 24d overdue
18569118 Exothermic Welding System GAMINO, CARLOS J 15d overdue
18820707 CABLE TRAY EXIT AND ACCESSORIES GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 9d overdue
18929075 IGNITION SYSTEMS FOR EXOTHERMIC WELDING STONER, KILEY SHAWN 5d overdue
19222244 BRACKET SYSTEM FOR LIGHTING ASSEMBLIES JOHNSON, SONJI N 5d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1735 4
2876 2
3631 2
3632 2
3635 2
3679 1
2847 1
2834 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19222244 BRACKET SYSTEM FOR LIGHTING ASSEMBLIES JOHNSON, SONJI N 2876 Other Non-Final OA 5d Pending May 29, 2025
19222266 CENTERPLATE FOR LIGHTING ASSEMBLIES JOHNSON, SONJI N 2876 Other Non-Final OA 5d Pending May 29, 2025
18960200 REINFORCEMENT BRACKET FOR SUPPORT OF ELECTRICAL DEVICES WOOD, KIMBERLY T 3631 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Nov 26, 2024
18929075 IGNITION SYSTEMS FOR EXOTHERMIC WELDING STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1735 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2024
18924038 MOUNTING BRACKET FOR ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS KING, ANITA M 3632 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Oct 23, 2024
18827051 SUPPORT SYSTEM KEE, FANNIE C 3679 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2024
18820707 CABLE TRAY EXIT AND ACCESSORIES GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024
18748789 Exothermic Welding Device GAMINO, CARLOS J 1735 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2024
18653866 Connection System for Concrete Sections AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending May 02, 2024
18642619 Adjustable-Depth Electrical Boxes WILLIS, TREMESHA S 2847 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 22, 2024
18600326 Beam Clamp IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 3631 §103 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2024
18583146 Grout to Grout Rebar Connector AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2024
18578532 Exothermic Welding System STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1735 §103 Final Rejection 118d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2024
18569118 Exothermic Welding System GAMINO, CARLOS J 1735 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2023
18508688 Grounding Connector System RAHMAN, THASLIMUR 2834 §102 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2023

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