Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | 2 | 73.7% | +33.3% |
| LIBBY, TROY ALAN | 2 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| OSTROW, ALAN LINDSAY | 1 | 70.8% | +28.7% |
| HUTCHINSON, ALAN D | 1 | 78.8% | +16.9% |
| WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | 1 | 46.1% | +46.5% |
| HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | 1 | 81.2% | +22.6% |
| MOON, MATTHEW RYAN | 1 | 57.6% | +60.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18680300 | LIGHTWEIGHT SEAT SUPPORT ELEMENT | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | — |
| 18677000 | VEHICLE SEAT ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | — |
| 18696068 | VEHICLE SEAT BACKREST | HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18931744 | BACKREST AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE SIZE OF A SEAT OCCUPANT | HUTCHINSON, ALAN D | 45d overdue |
| 19009384 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE CONFIGURATION FOR A VEHICLE SEAT | OSTROW, ALAN LINDSAY | — |
| 18817950 | RECLINING VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY FOR EASY ACCESS TO REAR SEATS | THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | — |
| 18814906 | COVERING ELEMENT FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, ASSOCIATED SEAT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD | WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | — |
| 18397447 | COVERING ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, ASSOCIATED VEHICLE SEAT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD | THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | — |
| 17724974 | VEHICLE SEAT ELEMENT LINING INTEGRATING A VIBRATING DEVICE | MOON, MATTHEW RYAN | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18931744 | BACKREST AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE SIZE OF A SEAT OCCUPANT | HUTCHINSON, ALAN D | 45d overdue |
| 19009384 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE CONFIGURATION FOR A VEHICLE SEAT | OSTROW, ALAN LINDSAY | — |
| 18817950 | RECLINING VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY FOR EASY ACCESS TO REAR SEATS | THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | — |
| 18814906 | COVERING ELEMENT FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, ASSOCIATED SEAT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD | WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | — |
| 18696068 | VEHICLE SEAT BACKREST | HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | — |
| 18397447 | COVERING ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, ASSOCIATED VEHICLE SEAT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD | THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | — |
| 17724974 | VEHICLE SEAT ELEMENT LINING INTEGRATING A VIBRATING DEVICE | MOON, MATTHEW RYAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3636 | 4 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| 3734 | 1 |
| 3644 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19009384 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE CONFIGURATION FOR A VEHICLE SEAT | OSTROW, ALAN LINDSAY | 3657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18931744 | BACKREST AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE SIZE OF A SEAT OCCUPANT | HUTCHINSON, ALAN D | 3669 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18817950 | RECLINING VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY FOR EASY ACCESS TO REAR SEATS | THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | 3636 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18814906 | COVERING ELEMENT FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, ASSOCIATED SEAT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD | WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | 3734 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18680300 | LIGHTWEIGHT SEAT SUPPORT ELEMENT | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | 3636 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18677000 | VEHICLE SEAT ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | 3636 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18696068 | VEHICLE SEAT BACKREST | HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | 3644 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18397447 | COVERING ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, ASSOCIATED VEHICLE SEAT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD | THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | 3636 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 17724974 | VEHICLE SEAT ELEMENT LINING INTEGRATING A VIBRATING DEVICE | MOON, MATTHEW RYAN | 3785 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2022 |
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