Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Lavalley Industries LLC is currently navigating 4 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio shows a high degree of diversification, as these actions are spread across 4 distinct art units. This distribution suggests that each application faces a unique environment and a different set of examination criteria within the broader technology area. Such a spread requires a broad management approach to handle the diverse technical requirements across the distinct examiners involved.
JOHNSON, RYAN is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 pending office action. Since each of the pending office actions is assigned to a different person, no examiner dominates the portfolio's trajectory. Practitioners must manage separate prosecution tracks, requiring a broad strategy to handle the various interpretations of Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems innovations presented by the distinct examiners. This distribution ensures that the pending office actions are evaluated by a wide range of technical experts.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (75%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, RYAN | 1 | 83.8% | +15.7% |
| YAO, THEODORE N | 1 | 66.9% | +39.4% |
| MAYO, TARA LEIGH | 1 | 74.6% | +11.3% |
| LU, HAOTIAN | 1 | 60.6% | +37.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18999746 | ELECTRICAL GENERATOR WITH AN ELECTRICAL BUS CONNECTABLE TO DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCES AND DIFFERENT LOADS | JOHNSON, RYAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18530973 | HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING RIG | YAO, THEODORE N | 41d |
| 18999746 | ELECTRICAL GENERATOR WITH AN ELECTRICAL BUS CONNECTABLE TO DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCES AND DIFFERENT LOADS | JOHNSON, RYAN | — |
| 18547380 | ATTACHMENT WITH GROUND SUPPORT MEMBER | MAYO, TARA LEIGH | — |
| 18249347 | SLEEVE CLAMP ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED CHAIN HAVING AN INTEGRAL JACK CAP | LU, HAOTIAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2849 | 1 |
| 3676 | 1 |
| 3671 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18999746 | ELECTRICAL GENERATOR WITH AN ELECTRICAL BUS CONNECTABLE TO DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCES AND DIFFERENT LOADS | JOHNSON, RYAN | 2849 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18530973 | HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING RIG | YAO, THEODORE N | 3676 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18547380 | ATTACHMENT WITH GROUND SUPPORT MEMBER | MAYO, TARA LEIGH | 3671 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18249347 | SLEEVE CLAMP ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED CHAIN HAVING AN INTEGRAL JACK CAP | LU, HAOTIAN | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2023 |
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