Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
11 pending office actions • 9 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (9%) |
| §103 only | 6 (55%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHMOND, SCOTT A. | 1 | 87.3% | +6.5% |
| ALIE, GHASSEM | 1 | 69.2% | +32.8% |
| KIM, PAUL D | 1 | 87.7% | +6.7% |
| AFZALI, SARANG | 1 | 73.2% | +45.5% |
| WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1 | 63.4% | +26.2% |
| CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | 1 | 74.7% | +20.2% |
| ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P | 1 | 83.0% | +19.2% |
| KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 1 | 76.7% | +21.6% |
| IBEKWE, DARLINGTON NDUKA | 1 | — | — |
| AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | 1 | 81.7% | +9.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18277567 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COATING A SURFACE | ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P | 50d overdue |
| 18719242 | METHOD FOR PRINTING ON A WORKPIECE, PRINTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | RICHMOND, SCOTT A. | — |
| 18268155 | CONVEYOR DEVICE WITH OPERATION-MONITORING SYSTEM | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18574006 | GUIDE DEVICE ON A MACHINE INLET OR MACHINE OUTLET, AND PROCESSING MACHINE | ALIE, GHASSEM | 28d |
| 18559311 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FURNITURE OR CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT | KIM, PAUL D | — |
| 18281531 | PROCESSING MACHINE WITH SUCTION DEVICE, AND METHOD | AFZALI, SARANG | — |
| 18278737 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR TREATING A WORKPIECE | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | — |
| 18277721 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CORRESPONDING PROCESSING APPARATUS | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18277567 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COATING A SURFACE | ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P | 50d overdue |
| 18574006 | GUIDE DEVICE ON A MACHINE INLET OR MACHINE OUTLET, AND PROCESSING MACHINE | ALIE, GHASSEM | 28d |
| 18281531 | PROCESSING MACHINE WITH SUCTION DEVICE, AND METHOD | AFZALI, SARANG | — |
| 18278737 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR TREATING A WORKPIECE | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | — |
| 18277721 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CORRESPONDING PROCESSING APPARATUS | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | — |
| 18276429 | PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PROCESSING DEVICE | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 2 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| 3651 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18719242 | METHOD FOR PRINTING ON A WORKPIECE, PRINTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | RICHMOND, SCOTT A. | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18574006 | GUIDE DEVICE ON A MACHINE INLET OR MACHINE OUTLET, AND PROCESSING MACHINE | ALIE, GHASSEM | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Dec 23, 2023 |
| 18559311 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FURNITURE OR CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT | KIM, PAUL D | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18281531 | PROCESSING MACHINE WITH SUCTION DEVICE, AND METHOD | AFZALI, SARANG | 3726 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18278737 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR TREATING A WORKPIECE | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1712 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18277721 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CORRESPONDING PROCESSING APPARATUS | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | 2117 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18277567 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COATING A SURFACE | ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18276429 | PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PROCESSING DEVICE | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 3725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18276428 | METHOD FOR MACHINING SHEET-LIKE WORKPIECES, AND MACHINING DEVICE | IBEKWE, DARLINGTON NDUKA | 3722 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18268155 | CONVEYOR DEVICE WITH OPERATION-MONITORING SYSTEM | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | 3651 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 17799223 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING WORKPIECES | RAO, SHEELA S | 2119 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2022 |
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