Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Esco Group LLC

6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (2)

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%)
6
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (67%)
§102 only2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
83% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC 2 85.2% +9.4%
LUSK, AUDREY L 2 68.5% +24.6%
HARTMANN, GARY S 1 72.5% +18.9%
ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN 1 60.4% +26.2%

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
17718245 WEAR ASSEMBLY PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC 2d overdue
18220770 WEAR ASSEMBLY PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC 75d

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17169302 PIN LOCK ASSEMBLY LUSK, AUDREY L 18d overdue
17686370 WEAR ASSEMBLY LUSK, AUDREY L 10d overdue
18374465 MONITORING GROUND ENGAGING PRODUCTS FOR EARTH WORKING EQUIPMENT HARTMANN, GARY S 22d
18016863 SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND PROCESS FOR MONITORING EARTH WORKING WEAR PARTS ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN 84d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3671 5
2662 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18374465 MONITORING GROUND ENGAGING PRODUCTS FOR EARTH WORKING EQUIPMENT HARTMANN, GARY S 3671 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Sep 28, 2023
18220770 WEAR ASSEMBLY PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC 3671 §102 Final Rejection 75d Pending Jul 11, 2023
18016863 SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND PROCESS FOR MONITORING EARTH WORKING WEAR PARTS ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN 2662 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Jan 18, 2023
17718245 WEAR ASSEMBLY PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC 3671 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2022
17686370 WEAR ASSEMBLY LUSK, AUDREY L 3671 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2022
17169302 PIN LOCK ASSEMBLY LUSK, AUDREY L 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Feb 05, 2021

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