Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hutchinson has 7 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 7 pending office actions are assigned to 7 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. KELLY, CATHERINE A is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action. This indicates that each of the 7 pending office actions is handled by a different examiner.
The 7 pending office actions are spread across 5 distinct art units, which is fewer than the 7 distinct examiners. This suggests a variety of technical focuses within Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. KELLY, CATHERINE A is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, which is equal to the count for all other examiners in this portfolio.
The 7 distinct examiners provide a high degree of examiner diversity for the 7 pending office actions. Practitioners should note that the 5 distinct art units indicate that some examiners are working within the same technical classification. This structure indicates a broad prosecution pipeline within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field for Hutchinson.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KELLY, CATHERINE A | 1 | 60.3% | +27.7% |
| PALMER, ALEX ROBERT | 1 | 62.0% | +20.0% |
| BELL, SPENCER E | 1 | 63.3% | +12.6% |
| GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | 1 | 33.3% | +4.9% |
| GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 59.0% | +23.3% |
| HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A | 1 | 60.0% | +22.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18836402 | APPARATUS FOR DRYING AND/OR WASHING LAUNDRY PROVIDED WITH AN AUTONOMOUS FIRE EXTINGUISHING DEVICE | BELL, SPENCER E | 36d |
| 18269448 | Thermal Regulation Device | HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A | 62d |
| 18758374 | FILTRATION DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A COOLING CIRCUIT | GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18990609 | RUN CHANNEL FOR A MOVABLE WINDOW FRAME OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | KELLY, CATHERINE A | 4d overdue |
| 18836402 | APPARATUS FOR DRYING AND/OR WASHING LAUNDRY PROVIDED WITH AN AUTONOMOUS FIRE EXTINGUISHING DEVICE | BELL, SPENCER E | 36d |
| 18269448 | Thermal Regulation Device | HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A | 62d |
| 18943734 | RUN-FLAT DEVICE | PALMER, ALEX ROBERT | — |
| 18249570 | CONNECTING ROD HAVING CURVED SLATS | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3619 | 1 |
| 1711 | 1 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18990609 | RUN CHANNEL FOR A MOVABLE WINDOW FRAME OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | KELLY, CATHERINE A | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18943734 | RUN-FLAT DEVICE | PALMER, ALEX ROBERT | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18836402 | APPARATUS FOR DRYING AND/OR WASHING LAUNDRY PROVIDED WITH AN AUTONOMOUS FIRE EXTINGUISHING DEVICE | BELL, SPENCER E | 1711 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18758374 | FILTRATION DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A COOLING CIRCUIT | GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18249570 | CONNECTING ROD HAVING CURVED SLATS | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 3632 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18269448 | Thermal Regulation Device | HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A | 3763 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
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