Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

MACLEAN-FOGG Company

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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.

3
Hard (43%)
3
Medium (43%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (14%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting + other1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
43% of docket
2
Business / Other
29% 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
SHANSKE, JASON D 2 76.3% +14.2%
LIU, HENRY Y 1 75.7% +13.0%
IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 1 74.2% +24.6%
BELLINGER, JASON R 1 70.0% +18.7%
POLLOCK, AUSTIN M 1 51.3% +36.1%
WU, JENNY R 1 63.5% +16.0%

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18285242 FASTENER ASSEMBLY WITH DECORATIVE COATED CAP BELLINGER, JASON R 15d overdue
18728829 DECORATIVE SECURITY WHEEL FASTENER SHANSKE, JASON D —
18012544 WEAR RESISTANT BORIDE FORMING FERROUR ALLOYS FOR POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING POLLOCK, AUSTIN M —

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
18280233 LASER MARKED FASTENERS SHANSKE, JASON D 44d overdue
18285242 FASTENER ASSEMBLY WITH DECORATIVE COATED CAP BELLINGER, JASON R 15d overdue
18965701 DECORATIVE SECURITY FASTENER LIU, HENRY Y —
18728829 DECORATIVE SECURITY WHEEL FASTENER SHANSKE, JASON D —
18727058 DECORATIVE SECURITY WHEEL FASTENER IJAZ, MUHAMMAD —
18012544 WEAR RESISTANT BORIDE FORMING FERROUR ALLOYS FOR POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING POLLOCK, AUSTIN M —
17980152 3D PRINTABLE HARD FERROUS METALLIC ALLOYS FOR POWDER BED FUSION WU, JENNY R —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3615 2
3614 1
1738 1
1733 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18965701 DECORATIVE SECURITY FASTENER LIU, HENRY Y — §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2024
18728829 DECORATIVE SECURITY WHEEL FASTENER SHANSKE, JASON D 3615 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2024
18727058 DECORATIVE SECURITY WHEEL FASTENER IJAZ, MUHAMMAD — §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 05, 2024
18285242 FASTENER ASSEMBLY WITH DECORATIVE COATED CAP BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §103§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2023
18280233 LASER MARKED FASTENERS SHANSKE, JASON D 3614 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Sep 03, 2023
18012544 WEAR RESISTANT BORIDE FORMING FERROUR ALLOYS FOR POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING POLLOCK, AUSTIN M 1738 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 22, 2022
17980152 3D PRINTABLE HARD FERROUS METALLIC ALLOYS FOR POWDER BED FUSION WU, JENNY R 1733 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 03, 2022

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