Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Lord Corporation

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (86%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (71%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting + other1 (14%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
43% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
29% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T 1 84.6% +14.6%
NELSON, MICHAEL B 1 21.4% +37.0%
IRVIN, THOMAS W 1 77.0% +15.0%
SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 1 31.3% +20.3%
SASTRI, SATYA B 1 63.1% +29.3%
DICUS, TAMRA 1 29.6% +21.4%
SULTANA, DILARA 1 80.6% +16.0%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17582363 SINGLE PLANE POWERTRAIN SENSING USING VARIABLE RELUCTANCE SENSORS SULTANA, DILARA 105d overdue
19223204 HANGER BEARING MOUNTED TORQUE SENSOR WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T 76d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18913389 MOLDABLE SILICONE ELASTOMERS HAVING SELECTIVE PRIMERLESS ADHESION NELSON, MICHAEL B 9d
17781340 UV COATING FOR DIELECTRIC INSULATION DICUS, TAMRA 13d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17582363 SINGLE PLANE POWERTRAIN SENSING USING VARIABLE RELUCTANCE SENSORS SULTANA, DILARA 105d overdue
17794731 REDOX INITIATION SYSTEM FOR ACRYLIC ADHESIVES SASTRI, SATYA B 46d overdue
18033949 VEHICLE ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 29d overdue
18913389 MOLDABLE SILICONE ELASTOMERS HAVING SELECTIVE PRIMERLESS ADHESION NELSON, MICHAEL B 9d
17781340 UV COATING FOR DIELECTRIC INSULATION DICUS, TAMRA 13d
18237167 HIGH TEMPERATURE FLUID ISOLATOR WITH LARGE DYNAMIC DISPLACEMENT CAPABILITY IRVIN, THOMAS W 39d
19223204 HANGER BEARING MOUNTED TORQUE SENSOR WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T 76d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1787 2
2855 1
3616 1
3663 1
1762 1
2858 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19223204 HANGER BEARING MOUNTED TORQUE SENSOR WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T 2855 DPOther Final Rejection 76d Pending May 30, 2025
18913389 MOLDABLE SILICONE ELASTOMERS HAVING SELECTIVE PRIMERLESS ADHESION NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Oct 11, 2024
18237167 HIGH TEMPERATURE FLUID ISOLATOR WITH LARGE DYNAMIC DISPLACEMENT CAPABILITY IRVIN, THOMAS W 3616 §112 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18033949 VEHICLE ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
17794731 REDOX INITIATION SYSTEM FOR ACRYLIC ADHESIVES SASTRI, SATYA B 1762 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2022
17781340 UV COATING FOR DIELECTRIC INSULATION DICUS, TAMRA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending May 31, 2022
17582363 SINGLE PLANE POWERTRAIN SENSING USING VARIABLE RELUCTANCE SENSORS SULTANA, DILARA 2858 §103 Final Rejection 105d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2022

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