Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
11 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Micro Motion Inc. manages a portfolio with 11 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, indicating that some examiners are handling multiple cases for the company. The prosecution activity is spread across 4 distinct art units, reflecting a variety of technical sub-specialties within the computing field.
CLARKE, ROBERT A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 5 pending office actions. This concentration under a single examiner makes CLARKE, ROBERT A a critical figure in the company's current prosecution strategy, as they handle 5 of the 11 pending office actions. The involvement of 7 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units requires the legal team to manage multiple simultaneous dialogues. With CLARKE, ROBERT A managing 5 cases, the outcomes of those specific matters will significantly influence the overall success of the portfolio in the Computing & Software sector.
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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (27%) |
| §103 only | 2 (18%) |
| §102 only | 1 (9%) |
| §112 only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, ROBERT A | 5 | 66.7% | +40.0% |
| SHAAWAT, MAYASA A. | 1 | 87.6% | +21.4% |
| FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T | 1 | 81.6% | +11.7% |
| FAYYAZ, NASHMIYA SAQIB | 1 | 67.1% | +42.3% |
| KAY, DOUGLAS | 1 | 62.7% | +28.7% |
| TRAN, TRAN M. | 1 | 74.8% | +23.4% |
| NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 1 | 67.5% | +24.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18874290 | UNIQUELY IDENTIFYING INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT OF A CONTROLLER-PERIPHERAL NETWORK | SHAAWAT, MAYASA A. | — |
| 18854191 | A PRESSURE COMPENSATION OF A FLUID FLOW PARAMETER | FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18001778 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING A VIBRATORY METER Q | CLARKE, ROBERT A | 435d overdue |
| 17607337 | DETERMINING AND IDENTIFYING ANOMALIES IN FORK METERS | CLARKE, ROBERT A | 396d overdue |
| 17296768 | PLANAR VIBRATORY DENSITOMETER, DENSITOMETER MEMBER, AND RELATED METHOD | CLARKE, ROBERT A | 383d overdue |
| 17633813 | STABILIZED MODE SPLITTING FIN SENSOR | CLARKE, ROBERT A | 338d overdue |
| 18560603 | DETECTING A MEASUREMENT BIAS OF A REFERENCE ZERO-FLOW VALUE | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 9d overdue |
| 18582923 | BOOTSTRAPPED IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT FOR FLOW METER ELECTRODE | TRAN, TRAN M. | 40d |
| 18711997 | TOTALIZING A FLOW RATE OF A MULTI-PHASE/SINGLE-PHASE FLOW | KAY, DOUGLAS | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18001778 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING A VIBRATORY METER Q | CLARKE, ROBERT A | 435d overdue |
| 17607337 | DETERMINING AND IDENTIFYING ANOMALIES IN FORK METERS | CLARKE, ROBERT A | 396d overdue |
| 17296768 | PLANAR VIBRATORY DENSITOMETER, DENSITOMETER MEMBER, AND RELATED METHOD | CLARKE, ROBERT A | 383d overdue |
| 17633813 | STABILIZED MODE SPLITTING FIN SENSOR | CLARKE, ROBERT A | 338d overdue |
| 18270559 | ELECTRICAL JUNCTION HAVING AN IMPROVED FEEDTHROUGH ELEMENT | CLARKE, ROBERT A | 303d overdue |
| 18560603 | DETECTING A MEASUREMENT BIAS OF A REFERENCE ZERO-FLOW VALUE | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 9d overdue |
| 18582923 | BOOTSTRAPPED IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT FOR FLOW METER ELECTRODE | TRAN, TRAN M. | 40d |
| 18874290 | UNIQUELY IDENTIFYING INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT OF A CONTROLLER-PERIPHERAL NETWORK | SHAAWAT, MAYASA A. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2100 | 5 |
| 2433 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18874290 | UNIQUELY IDENTIFYING INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT OF A CONTROLLER-PERIPHERAL NETWORK | SHAAWAT, MAYASA A. | 2433 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18854191 | A PRESSURE COMPENSATION OF A FLUID FLOW PARAMETER | FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18837746 | ESTIMATING A HYDROGEN LOADING INDUCED CHANGE IN A VIBRATORY METER | FAYYAZ, NASHMIYA SAQIB | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18711997 | TOTALIZING A FLOW RATE OF A MULTI-PHASE/SINGLE-PHASE FLOW | KAY, DOUGLAS | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18582923 | BOOTSTRAPPED IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT FOR FLOW METER ELECTRODE | TRAN, TRAN M. | 2855 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18560603 | DETECTING A MEASUREMENT BIAS OF A REFERENCE ZERO-FLOW VALUE | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 2857 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18270559 | ELECTRICAL JUNCTION HAVING AN IMPROVED FEEDTHROUGH ELEMENT | CLARKE, ROBERT A | 2100 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 303d overdue | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18001778 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING A VIBRATORY METER Q | CLARKE, ROBERT A | 2100 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 435d overdue | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
| 17633813 | STABILIZED MODE SPLITTING FIN SENSOR | CLARKE, ROBERT A | 2100 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 338d overdue | Pending | Feb 08, 2022 |
| 17607337 | DETERMINING AND IDENTIFYING ANOMALIES IN FORK METERS | CLARKE, ROBERT A | 2100 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 396d overdue | Pending | Oct 28, 2021 |
| 17296768 | PLANAR VIBRATORY DENSITOMETER, DENSITOMETER MEMBER, AND RELATED METHOD | CLARKE, ROBERT A | 2100 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 383d overdue | Pending | May 25, 2021 |
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