Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
MSA Safety Incorporated has 5 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are handled by 5 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units. LOPEZ, ERICK I is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action.
The use of 5 distinct examiners for 5 pending office actions means each active case is assigned to a different individual. The presence of 4 distinct art units shows a high degree of technical variety for a portfolio of this size. This represents a portion of the pending office actions currently tracked for the organization.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (40%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOPEZ, ERICK I | 1 | 53.0% | +29.6% |
| MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 1 | 47.4% | +68.3% |
| NGUYEN, CHUONG P | 1 | 79.1% | +13.4% |
| PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 1 | 45.5% | +27.3% |
| MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | 1 | 59.4% | +13.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19097225 | Systems and Methods for Providing an Assembly for Releasably Connecting an Inner Helmet and Outer Helmet Shell | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | — |
| 16599908 | Harness With Adjustable Belt Strap | MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18584323 | Systems and Methods for Tracking Lifeline Payout and Retraction | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 9d |
| 19415939 | Safety Helmet | LOPEZ, ERICK I | — |
| 19097225 | Systems and Methods for Providing an Assembly for Releasably Connecting an Inner Helmet and Outer Helmet Shell | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18822947 | Safety Device for Providing Output to an Individual Associated with a Hazardous Environment | NGUYEN, CHUONG P | — |
| 16599908 | Harness With Adjustable Belt Strap | MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 2 |
| 3646 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19415939 | Safety Helmet | LOPEZ, ERICK I | 3732 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2025 |
| 19097225 | Systems and Methods for Providing an Assembly for Releasably Connecting an Inner Helmet and Outer Helmet Shell | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 18822947 | Safety Device for Providing Output to an Individual Associated with a Hazardous Environment | NGUYEN, CHUONG P | 3646 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18584323 | Systems and Methods for Tracking Lifeline Payout and Retraction | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 3634 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 16599908 | Harness With Adjustable Belt Strap | MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | 3635 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2019 |
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