Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
2 pending office actions • 0 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
NGK Kilntech Corporation is managing 2 pending office actions. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, providing independent reviews for each matter. The portfolio data shows 0 distinct art units, which characterizes the current administrative footprint of these filings.
The busiest examiner, WILSON, GREGORY A, is currently overseeing 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners for the 2 total pending actions, the company's prosecution is decentralized. This arrangement ensures that the 2 pending office actions are not consolidated under the review of a single official. The presence of 0 distinct art units indicates a localized review process for these active matters.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON, GREGORY A | 1 | 81.8% | +6.9% |
| WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | 1 | 74.8% | +28.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18825110 | HEAT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ATMOSPHERE SUBSTITUTION STRUCTURE OF HEAT TREATMENT FURNACE | WILSON, GREGORY A | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18676638 | HEAT TREATMENT FURNACE | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18825110 | HEAT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ATMOSPHERE SUBSTITUTION STRUCTURE OF HEAT TREATMENT FURNACE | WILSON, GREGORY A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18676638 | HEAT TREATMENT FURNACE | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
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