Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
26 pending office actions • 9 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 62 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 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. 11 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 | 20 (77%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| §112 only | 2 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (8%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, STEPHANI A | 3 | 29.5% | +44.3% |
| JENNISON, BRIAN W | 2 | 71.9% | +22.0% |
| SMITH, CATHERINE P | 2 | 16.4% | +15.5% |
| KHLOK, BONITA | 2 | 49.5% | +48.8% |
| DANIELS, MATTHEW J | 1 | 69.5% | +25.4% |
| ROJAS, BERNARD | 1 | 83.1% | +7.7% |
| KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL | 1 | 86.7% | +20.9% |
| LUK, VANESSA TIBAY | 1 | 54.3% | +26.7% |
| WANG, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 53.6% | +21.9% |
| O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN | 1 | 66.7% | +60.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18805640 | COLLISION PREDICTION METHOD, COLLISION PREDICTION DEVICE, AND WELDING SYSTEM | KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL | 10d overdue |
| 18841710 | SOFT-MAGNETIC WIRE, SOFT-MAGNETIC STEEL BAR, AND SOFT-MAGNETIC COMPONENT | ROJAS, BERNARD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17728195 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HOT-PRESS-FORMED STEEL MEMBER | HILL, STEPHANI A | 80d overdue |
| 18552247 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING IRON ORE PELLETS | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 42d overdue |
| 18558949 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEEL SHEET FOR COLD ROLLING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET | HILL, STEPHANI A | — |
| 18552755 | STEEL WIRE FOR MACHINE STRUCTURAL PARTS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | HILL, STEPHANI A | — |
| 18551436 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PIG IRON | SMITH, CATHERINE P | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17728195 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HOT-PRESS-FORMED STEEL MEMBER | HILL, STEPHANI A | 80d overdue |
| 18556273 | WELDING SYSTEM, WELDING METHOD, WELDING ROBOT, AND PROGRAM | O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN | 73d overdue |
| 18552247 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING IRON ORE PELLETS | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 42d overdue |
| 18805640 | COLLISION PREDICTION METHOD, COLLISION PREDICTION DEVICE, AND WELDING SYSTEM | KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL | 10d overdue |
| 17996042 | WELDING-INFORMATION LEARNING-MODEL GENERATION METHOD, LEARNING MODEL, PROGRAM, AND WELDING SYSTEM | JENNISON, BRIAN W | 33d |
| 18908720 | START-UP METHOD OF RESIN PELLET PRODUCTION DEVICE, PRODUCTION METHOD OF RESIN PELLETS, AND RESIN PELLET PRODUCTION DEVICE | DANIELS, MATTHEW J | 50d |
| 18702107 | SEMI-HARD MAGNETIC STEEL COMPONENT | LUK, VANESSA TIBAY | — |
| 18579337 | SHIELDING JIG AND GAS-SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING APPARATUS | JENNISON, BRIAN W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1735 | 7 |
| 3761 | 6 |
| 1734 | 2 |
| 3741 | 2 |
| 1733 | 2 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18908720 | START-UP METHOD OF RESIN PELLET PRODUCTION DEVICE, PRODUCTION METHOD OF RESIN PELLETS, AND RESIN PELLET PRODUCTION DEVICE | DANIELS, MATTHEW J | 1742 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 50d | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18841710 | SOFT-MAGNETIC WIRE, SOFT-MAGNETIC STEEL BAR, AND SOFT-MAGNETIC COMPONENT | ROJAS, BERNARD | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18805640 | COLLISION PREDICTION METHOD, COLLISION PREDICTION DEVICE, AND WELDING SYSTEM | KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL | 3657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18702107 | SEMI-HARD MAGNETIC STEEL COMPONENT | LUK, VANESSA TIBAY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18579337 | SHIELDING JIG AND GAS-SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING APPARATUS | JENNISON, BRIAN W | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2024 |
| 18559427 | PIG IRON-PRODUCING METHOD AND IRON ORE MATERIAL | WANG, NICHOLAS A | 1734 | DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18558949 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEEL SHEET FOR COLD ROLLING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18556273 | WELDING SYSTEM, WELDING METHOD, WELDING ROBOT, AND PROGRAM | O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 73d overdue | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18552755 | STEEL WIRE FOR MACHINE STRUCTURAL PARTS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18552247 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING IRON ORE PELLETS | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1735 | §102 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18551436 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PIG IRON | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18551306 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PIG IRON | YANG, JIE | 1734 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18548480 | ARC SPOT WELDING METHOD FOR JOINING DISSIMILAR MATERIALS AND WELD JOINT OF DISSIMILAR MATERIALS | KANG, EDWIN G | 3741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18548260 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STEEL SHEET | PATEL, DEVANG R | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
| 18548127 | HIGH-STRENGTH ALUMINUM ALLOY EXTRUDED MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | SU, XIAOWEI | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Aug 28, 2023 |
| 18547142 | METHOD FOR PREPARING LAMINATION PLAN | MEADE, LORNE EDWARD | 3741 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 43d | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18263098 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING DEFORMATION OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED OBJECT | PARK, HYUN D | 2857 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18042126 | SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING AN ADDITIVELY-MANUFACTURED OBJECT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ADDITIVELY-MANUFACTURED OBJECT, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING A MANUFACTURING PROGRAM OF AN ADDITIVELY-MANUFACTURED OBJECT | DODSON, JUSTIN C | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2023 |
| 18006230 | DEFECT OCCURRENCE PREDICTION METHOD, AND DEFECT OCCURRENCE PREDICTION DEVICE | TRAN-LE, THAO UYEN | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
| 17996042 | WELDING-INFORMATION LEARNING-MODEL GENERATION METHOD, LEARNING MODEL, PROGRAM, AND WELDING SYSTEM | JENNISON, BRIAN W | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Oct 12, 2022 |
| 17905221 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEEL COMPONENT HAVING LOCALLY SOFTENED PART | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1733 | §112 | Final Rejection | 72d | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
| 17728195 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HOT-PRESS-FORMED STEEL MEMBER | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 80d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2022 |
| 17760664 | WIRE FOR GAS-SHIELDED ARC WELDING | KHLOK, BONITA | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2022 |
| 17636803 | LOW-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET FOR HOT STAMPING, HOT-STAMPED COMPONENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HOT-STAMPED COMPONENT | HEVEY, JOHN A | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2022 |
| 17441889 | Ni-BASED ALLOY FLUX-CORED WIRE | KHLOK, BONITA | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2021 |
| 17270045 | SOLID WIRE FOR GAS METAL ARC WELDING | CHEN, KUANGYUE | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2021 |
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