Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
O'Keeffe'S Inc. currently has 5 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are being handled by 4 distinct examiners, which indicates that an examiner is managing multiple files for the company. The pending matters are distributed across 3 distinct art units, suggesting the portfolio touches on several different mechanical or medical classifications. This structure requires a strategy that accounts for the specific nuances of each unit.
Barrera, Juan C is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 2 pending office actions currently under review. This means that a portion of the 5 pending office actions is concentrated with a single individual, while the remaining actions are split among the other 4 distinct examiners. Practitioners should focus on the 2 actions assigned to the busiest examiner, as his decisions will impact a significant part of the current pending workload. The distribution across the 3 distinct art units ensures that the portfolio's progress is not entirely dependent on a single art unit's review. Managing these various examiner relationships is essential for the company's success in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRERA, JUAN C | 2 | 63.3% | +35.0% |
| MAESTRI, PATRICK J | 1 | 73.4% | +14.9% |
| YANG, ZHEREN J | 1 | 57.4% | +52.4% |
| ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 1 | 55.4% | +44.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18099878 | Glazed Curtain Wall Panel System | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 71d |
| 18934869 | Bird Collision Prevention Device and Method | MAESTRI, PATRICK J | — |
| 18934836 | Fire Shelter Apparatus and Method | BARRERA, JUAN C | — |
| 18104751 | Fire Resistant Insulated Glass Structures | YANG, ZHEREN J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18197042 | Fire Shelter Apparatus and Method | BARRERA, JUAN C | 9d overdue |
| 18099878 | Glazed Curtain Wall Panel System | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 71d |
| 18934869 | Bird Collision Prevention Device and Method | MAESTRI, PATRICK J | — |
| 18934836 | Fire Shelter Apparatus and Method | BARRERA, JUAN C | — |
| 18104751 | Fire Resistant Insulated Glass Structures | YANG, ZHEREN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18934869 | Bird Collision Prevention Device and Method | MAESTRI, PATRICK J | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18934836 | Fire Shelter Apparatus and Method | BARRERA, JUAN C | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18197042 | Fire Shelter Apparatus and Method | BARRERA, JUAN C | 3752 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | May 13, 2023 |
| 18104751 | Fire Resistant Insulated Glass Structures | YANG, ZHEREN J | 1781 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 18099878 | Glazed Curtain Wall Panel System | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 3635 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
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