Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
HellermannTyton Corporation holds a company patent portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio currently has 5 pending office actions. These actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. GARFT, CHRISTOPHER is the busiest examiner, responsible for 2 pending actions. The distribution of 5 pending office actions across the 2 distinct art units suggests a focused technical scope.
With 4 distinct examiners involved, the company must manage several different examiner relationships. The busiest examiner's 2 pending actions represent a significant portion of the 5 pending office actions. Practitioners should prepare for interactions within the 2 distinct art units while monitoring the specific progress of the busiest examiner. This structure requires a strategy that accounts for varied examiner styles within a limited number of technical groups. Maintaining consistency across the pending office actions is critical within the identified art units, even as the work is split between 4 distinct examiners.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 2 | 59.0% | +23.3% |
| WEINHOLD, INGRID M | 1 | 47.0% | +42.6% |
| SMITH, NKEISHA | 1 | 73.0% | +16.8% |
| DO, ROWLAND | 1 | 69.9% | -5.6% |
| FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | 1 | 75.4% | +24.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19187674 | Wire Rail Systems | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 19177448 | Angled Anchor Mounts | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | — |
| 18902178 | Snap-On Bracket Clamp Assemblies | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18647992 | Fixings with Cutting Guides | DO, ROWLAND | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19187674 | Wire Rail Systems | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 19177448 | Angled Anchor Mounts | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | — |
| 18902178 | Snap-On Bracket Clamp Assemblies | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18748509 | Solar Cable Support Bracket | SMITH, NKEISHA | — |
| 18439216 | Fixings with Visual Installation Status Indicators | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3632 | 2 |
| 3677 | 1 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19187674 | Wire Rail Systems | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19177448 | Angled Anchor Mounts | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 18902178 | Snap-On Bracket Clamp Assemblies | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 3632 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18748509 | Solar Cable Support Bracket | SMITH, NKEISHA | 3632 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18647992 | Fixings with Cutting Guides | DO, ROWLAND | 3677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18439216 | Fixings with Visual Installation Status Indicators | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | 3675 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
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