Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERRING, BRENT W | 1 | 69.0% | +16.6% |
| NGUYEN, CHI Q | 1 | 82.3% | +12.4% |
| WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN | 1 | 44.0% | +44.3% |
| FORD, GISELE D | 1 | 69.9% | +13.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18978013 | Floor Board and Method for Manufacturing Such Floor Boards | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18876786 | Decorative Panel, Decorative Covering Composed of a Plurality of Such Panels, and Decorative Panel System | HERRING, BRENT W | — |
| 18724692 | Decorative Anti-Slip Floor Covering Element and Decorative Anti-Slip Floor Covering | WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN | — |
| 18696683 | Panel Interconnectable With Similar Panels for Forming a Covering | FORD, GISELE D | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18876786 | Decorative Panel, Decorative Covering Composed of a Plurality of Such Panels, and Decorative Panel System | HERRING, BRENT W | — |
| 18978013 | Floor Board and Method for Manufacturing Such Floor Boards | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18724692 | Decorative Anti-Slip Floor Covering Element and Decorative Anti-Slip Floor Covering | WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN | — |
| 18696683 | Panel Interconnectable With Similar Panels for Forming a Covering | FORD, GISELE D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1783 | 1 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18876786 | Decorative Panel, Decorative Covering Composed of a Plurality of Such Panels, and Decorative Panel System | HERRING, BRENT W | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18978013 | Floor Board and Method for Manufacturing Such Floor Boards | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18724692 | Decorative Anti-Slip Floor Covering Element and Decorative Anti-Slip Floor Covering | WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN | 1783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18696683 | Panel Interconnectable With Similar Panels for Forming a Covering | FORD, GISELE D | 3633 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
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