Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| §102 only | 2 (40%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 2 | 53.0% | +27.8% |
| JOHNSON, VICKY A | 1 | 79.8% | +12.2% |
| VANTERPOOL, LESTER L | 1 | 54.8% | -10.4% |
| THEIS, MATTHEW T | 1 | 41.4% | +33.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19266394 | ACTUATOR FOR PIVOTING BICYCLE CARRIER | JOHNSON, VICKY A | — |
| 18785794 | Bicycle Carrier | THEIS, MATTHEW T | — |
| 18751492 | Ratchet Mechanism for Bicycle Carrier Tire Arm | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | — |
| 18588970 | Bicycle Rack with Assembly Features | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3734 | 3 |
| 3617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19266394 | ACTUATOR FOR PIVOTING BICYCLE CARRIER | JOHNSON, VICKY A | 3617 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19006921 | Latch Assembly for Pivoting Hitch Device | VANTERPOOL, LESTER L | — | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18785794 | Bicycle Carrier | THEIS, MATTHEW T | 3734 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18751492 | Ratchet Mechanism for Bicycle Carrier Tire Arm | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 3734 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18588970 | Bicycle Rack with Assembly Features | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 3734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
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