1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
H Jay Margolis currently has 1 pending office action in the patent prosecution pipeline. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SIPES, JOHN CURTIS. Interestingly, the data shows that 0 distinct art units are associated with this case, which may reflect a specific administrative status or a unique classification for the filing. As the busiest examiner, SIPES, JOHN CURTIS is responsible for the 1 pending office action that constitutes the entirety of the current docket.
The focus on 1 distinct examiner simplifies the immediate strategic needs for the portfolio. With only the current matter to manage, the prosecution effort is highly concentrated. Practitioners should focus their efforts on the specific feedback from the assigned official, as this 1 distinct examiner holds the key to the 0 distinct art units designation currently active.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | 1 | 78.0% | +19.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19101551 | INFINITY CORRECTED PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CINEMATOGRAPHIC LENS SYSTEM | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19101551 | INFINITY CORRECTED PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CINEMATOGRAPHIC LENS SYSTEM | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19101551 | INFINITY CORRECTED PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CINEMATOGRAPHIC LENS SYSTEM | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialH Jay Margolis has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 0 art units and 1 examiners.
John Curtis Sipes has the most, with 1 of H Jay Margolis's pending office actions.
