Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
11 pending office actions • 3 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 | 5 (45%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (9%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (18%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (27%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NELSON, KERI JESSICA | 1 | 58.4% | +41.8% |
| CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 1 | 45.5% | +39.5% |
| GONG, KRIS HANYU | 1 | 26.5% | +56.6% |
| HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA | 1 | 71.9% | +30.3% |
| MILLER, DANIEL A | 1 | 34.3% | +57.2% |
| BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | 1 | 67.9% | +24.1% |
| WILLSE, DAVID H | 1 | 67.6% | +13.2% |
| PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | 1 | 55.2% | +35.8% |
| SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD | 1 | 75.3% | +8.2% |
| WATKINS, MARCIA LYNN | 1 | 61.0% | +39.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19079779 | INTERFACE FOR AN EXOSKELETON | GONG, KRIS HANYU | — |
| 19040220 | ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE HAVING A LOCK MECHANISM | HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA | — |
| 19001782 | MULTI-COMPONENT FRAME FOR USE IN AN ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE | MILLER, DANIEL A | — |
| 18712396 | PROSTHETIC DEVICE HAVING A SACRIFICIAL ANODE | PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19629600 | ORTHOPEDIC WALKER | NELSON, KERI JESSICA | — |
| 19436240 | ORTHOPEDIC WALKER | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | — |
| 19079779 | INTERFACE FOR AN EXOSKELETON | GONG, KRIS HANYU | — |
| 19040220 | ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE HAVING A LOCK MECHANISM | HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA | — |
| 19001782 | MULTI-COMPONENT FRAME FOR USE IN AN ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE | MILLER, DANIEL A | — |
| 18762305 | ADJUSTABLE SOCKET SYSTEM | BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | — |
| 18745171 | PROSTHETIC INTERFACE | WILLSE, DAVID H | — |
| 18712396 | PROSTHETIC DEVICE HAVING A SACRIFICIAL ANODE | PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 4 |
| 3774 | 2 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19629600 | ORTHOPEDIC WALKER | NELSON, KERI JESSICA | 3786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2026 |
| 19436240 | ORTHOPEDIC WALKER | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 3786 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2025 |
| 19079779 | INTERFACE FOR AN EXOSKELETON | GONG, KRIS HANYU | 3785 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19040220 | ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE HAVING A LOCK MECHANISM | HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA | 3786 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19001782 | MULTI-COMPONENT FRAME FOR USE IN AN ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE | MILLER, DANIEL A | 3786 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18762305 | ADJUSTABLE SOCKET SYSTEM | BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18745171 | PROSTHETIC INTERFACE | WILLSE, DAVID H | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18712396 | PROSTHETIC DEVICE HAVING A SACRIFICIAL ANODE | PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18699968 | PROSTHETIC ASSEMBLY HAVING AN ELECTRODE INTERFACE FOR RECORDING MUSCLE ACTIVITY | SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 17969901 | ADJUSTABLE SEAL SYSTEM, SEAL COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME | WATKINS, MARCIA LYNN | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2022 |
| 17961842 | PROSTHETIC LINER AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND CORRESPONDING COMPONENTS FOR MAKING SUCH PROSTHETIC LINER | SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2022 |
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