Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Masonite Corporation is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company has 4 pending office actions. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, meaning each matter is receiving an independent review. This distribution ensures that the company's applications are subject to multiple perspectives rather than a single point of review.
The prosecution is centralized within 1 distinct art unit. Despite having four different examiners, they are all operating within the same technical department. This suggests that the overarching examination standards will be consistent across all 4 actions. Practitioners can focus their strategy on the specific guidelines and precedents of this 1 unit. Understanding the specific internal policies of the department is critical for success.
PERENY, TYLER J is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action. The busiest examiner pending count is 1, which confirms that the 4 pending actions are split equally among the examiners. This lack of concentration means that no single examiner's habits will disproportionately affect the overall portfolio status. Practitioners should focus on the individual requirements of each official.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERENY, TYLER J | 1 | 95.0% | +5.9% |
| BROWN, VERNAL U | 1 | 69.6% | +13.5% |
| PATTERSON, GARRETT CHRISTOPHER | 1 | — | — |
| BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | 1 | 68.4% | +41.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19230013 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR DOOR SYSTEM WITH HIGH AND LOW VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLIES FOR INTEGRATED ELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF OPERATION | PERENY, TYLER J | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19197447 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR HANDS-FREE ENTRYWAYS | BROWN, VERNAL U | — |
| 18962060 | DOOR PANEL AND DOOR PANEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS | PATTERSON, GARRETT CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18664942 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR INSTALLING REPLACEMENT DOOR | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19197447 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR HANDS-FREE ENTRYWAYS | BROWN, VERNAL U | — |
| 18664942 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR INSTALLING REPLACEMENT DOOR | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19230013 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR DOOR SYSTEM WITH HIGH AND LOW VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLIES FOR INTEGRATED ELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF OPERATION | PERENY, TYLER J | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19197447 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR HANDS-FREE ENTRYWAYS | BROWN, VERNAL U | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 18962060 | DOOR PANEL AND DOOR PANEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS | PATTERSON, GARRETT CHRISTOPHER | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18664942 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR INSTALLING REPLACEMENT DOOR | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | 3726 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
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