Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Metal Forming & Coining Corporation is active in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area with 2 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, reflecting a portfolio that spans multiple specialized examination groups. This distribution requires the company to navigate different technical standards within the broader technology area.
The portfolio involves 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each pending matter is handled by a different individual. GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This examiner is responsible for a portion of the total pending actions for the portfolio.
With the pending workload spread across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the prosecution strategy must account for diverse examiner perspectives. The focus on Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics suggests that the company is pursuing protection for complex technical innovations that require specific expertise from the assigned examiners.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | 1 | 76.0% | +12.4% |
| BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | 1 | 80.8% | +11.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18807058 | ROTOR SHAFT | GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | — |
| 18775798 | ROTOR SHAFT WITH LOCALIZED SPLINES FOR KEYWAYS | BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18807058 | ROTOR SHAFT | GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | — |
| 18775798 | ROTOR SHAFT WITH LOCALIZED SPLINES FOR KEYWAYS | BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 1 |
| 3679 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18807058 | ROTOR SHAFT | GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18775798 | ROTOR SHAFT WITH LOCALIZED SPLINES FOR KEYWAYS | BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | 3679 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
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