Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 2 | 64.5% | +31.4% |
| WILLIAMS, MARK A | 1 | 77.7% | +13.1% |
| WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 1 | 54.9% | +38.2% |
| BACK, AUSTIN M | 1 | 77.1% | +26.2% |
| NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | 1 | 66.1% | +19.8% |
| MILLS, CHRISTINE M | 1 | 61.6% | +53.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18463643 | CAR ACCESS ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A HANDLE OF A CAR DOOR | MILLS, CHRISTINE M | 107d overdue |
| 18716168 | INERTIAL SAFETY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE DOOR HANDLE | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 66d overdue |
| 18523505 | ASSEMBLY FOR OPENING AND/OR CLOSING A VEHICLE DOOR | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 22d overdue |
| 18769583 | ELECTRONIC SWITCH SUBASSEMBLY TO BE ASSEMBLED TO AN INNER SIDE OF A VEHICLE DOOR | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | — |
| 18421219 | HANDLE FOR A CAR DOOR COMPRISING A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION UNIT | BACK, AUSTIN M | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18463643 | CAR ACCESS ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A HANDLE OF A CAR DOOR | MILLS, CHRISTINE M | 107d overdue |
| 18716168 | INERTIAL SAFETY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE DOOR HANDLE | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 66d overdue |
| 18539384 | ASSEMBLY FOR OPENING AND/OR CLOSING A VEHICLE DOOR | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | 58d overdue |
| 18523505 | ASSEMBLY FOR OPENING AND/OR CLOSING A VEHICLE DOOR | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 22d overdue |
| 18945701 | VEHICLE DOOR WITH AN EXTENDABLE HANDLE | WILLIAMS, MARK A | — |
| 18769583 | ELECTRONIC SWITCH SUBASSEMBLY TO BE ASSEMBLED TO AN INNER SIDE OF A VEHICLE DOOR | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | — |
| 18421219 | HANDLE FOR A CAR DOOR COMPRISING A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION UNIT | BACK, AUSTIN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 6 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18945701 | VEHICLE DOOR WITH AN EXTENDABLE HANDLE | WILLIAMS, MARK A | 3675 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18769583 | ELECTRONIC SWITCH SUBASSEMBLY TO BE ASSEMBLED TO AN INNER SIDE OF A VEHICLE DOOR | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18716168 | INERTIAL SAFETY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE DOOR HANDLE | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 66d overdue | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18421219 | HANDLE FOR A CAR DOOR COMPRISING A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION UNIT | BACK, AUSTIN M | 2845 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18539384 | ASSEMBLY FOR OPENING AND/OR CLOSING A VEHICLE DOOR | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | 3675 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | 58d overdue | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18523505 | ASSEMBLY FOR OPENING AND/OR CLOSING A VEHICLE DOOR | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18463643 | CAR ACCESS ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A HANDLE OF A CAR DOOR | MILLS, CHRISTINE M | 3675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 107d overdue | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
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