Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fivegrand International Co. Ltd. currently manages 8 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 5 distinct art units, indicating a moderate level of technical diversity in their filings. The prosecution work involves 8 distinct examiners, which matches the total number of pending actions. This one-to-one ratio suggests that no single examiner is currently handling multiple files for the company, potentially leading to varied prosecution experiences across the portfolio.
Busiest examiner DUNWOODY, AARON M is responsible for 1 pending action. This figure represents the maximum load for any individual examiner in the current set. For a practitioner, the presence of 5 distinct art units means that strategies must be tailored to the specific practices of multiple USPTO divisions. The distribution of 8 pending actions among 8 distinct examiners minimizes the impact of any single examiner's specific tendencies on the overall portfolio. The focus on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems aligns the portfolio with specific examination clusters. Managing 8 distinct examiners requires tracking 8 different sets of prosecution histories and preferences.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 2 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNWOODY, AARON M | 1 | 75.2% | +11.4% |
| THOMPSON, KENNETH L | 1 | 87.4% | +6.7% |
| WILENSKY, MOSHE K | 1 | 75.2% | +15.9% |
| FENG, ZHENGFU J | 1 | 75.5% | +39.0% |
| PAUMEN, GARY F | 1 | 88.6% | -1.4% |
| COOK, KYLE A | 1 | 61.8% | +41.4% |
| ORTEGA, JOSEPH | 1 | 72.7% | +15.9% |
| MASINICK, JONATHAN PETER | 1 | 68.5% | +33.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19001534 | FIXING STRUCTURE | THOMPSON, KENNETH L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18915388 | ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE | WILENSKY, MOSHE K | — |
| 18774958 | LIMITING STRUCTURE AND LIMITING METHOD THEREOF | FENG, ZHENGFU J | — |
| 18587991 | ENGAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND ENGAGEMENT METHOD FOR THE SAME | PAUMEN, GARY F | — |
| 18404908 | DENTATE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | COOK, KYLE A | — |
| 18389825 | FLUID DEVICE | ORTEGA, JOSEPH | — |
| 17732567 | ROD STRUCTURE USED IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | MASINICK, JONATHAN PETER | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19192382 | COMMUNICATING STRUCTURE | DUNWOODY, AARON M | — |
| 18915388 | ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE | WILENSKY, MOSHE K | — |
| 18774958 | LIMITING STRUCTURE AND LIMITING METHOD THEREOF | FENG, ZHENGFU J | — |
| 18404908 | DENTATE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | COOK, KYLE A | — |
| 18389825 | FLUID DEVICE | ORTEGA, JOSEPH | — |
| 17732567 | ROD STRUCTURE USED IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | MASINICK, JONATHAN PETER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 3678 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19192382 | COMMUNICATING STRUCTURE | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 3679 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19001534 | FIXING STRUCTURE | THOMPSON, KENNETH L | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 25, 2024 |
| 18915388 | ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE | WILENSKY, MOSHE K | 2841 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18774958 | LIMITING STRUCTURE AND LIMITING METHOD THEREOF | FENG, ZHENGFU J | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18587991 | ENGAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND ENGAGEMENT METHOD FOR THE SAME | PAUMEN, GARY F | 2834 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18404908 | DENTATE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | COOK, KYLE A | 3726 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18389825 | FLUID DEVICE | ORTEGA, JOSEPH | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 17732567 | ROD STRUCTURE USED IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | MASINICK, JONATHAN PETER | 3678 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2022 |
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