Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 42 patents granted in the last 365 days
Parker-Hannifin Corporation has 6 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, meaning every active case is being reviewed by a different individual. The portfolio spans 5 distinct art units, indicating that the company's Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering innovations are being evaluated across several different technical departments. This distribution requires the company to manage 6 separate prosecution tracks with 6 different examiners.
WIBLIN, MATTHEW is the busiest examiner for the company, currently holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because there are 6 pending office actions and 6 distinct examiners, the workload is split so that no examiner handles more than a case. The 5 distinct art units suggest that the actions are technically diverse, as they are spread across nearly as many departments as there are cases. This variety of 6 examiners and 5 art units ensures a broad range of feedback under the oversight of WIBLIN, MATTHEW.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (83%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | 1 | 54.5% | +27.8% |
| WIBLIN, MATTHEW | 1 | 74.7% | +23.4% |
| ALVARE, PAUL | 1 | 57.6% | +37.0% |
| REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | 1 | 78.9% | +19.7% |
| LEE, GILBERT Y | 1 | 78.7% | +10.7% |
| USELDING, JOHN E | 1 | 53.7% | +17.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18846310 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SEALING ELEMENT | LEE, GILBERT Y | 55d |
| 19078373 | Fitting for Use with a Refrigerant Hose | RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | — |
| 18867670 | ACTUATOR FOR GROUND ENGAGING MACHINERY | WIBLIN, MATTHEW | — |
| 18861384 | HEAT SINK WITH PIN FINS AND NON-STRAIGHT CONSTANT VOLUME FLOW CHANNEL | ALVARE, PAUL | — |
| 18911373 | Check Valve for Refrigeration Systems | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18846310 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SEALING ELEMENT | LEE, GILBERT Y | 55d |
| 19078373 | Fitting for Use with a Refrigerant Hose | RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | — |
| 18867670 | ACTUATOR FOR GROUND ENGAGING MACHINERY | WIBLIN, MATTHEW | — |
| 18861384 | HEAT SINK WITH PIN FINS AND NON-STRAIGHT CONSTANT VOLUME FLOW CHANNEL | ALVARE, PAUL | — |
| 18911373 | Check Valve for Refrigeration Systems | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | — |
| 17704267 | THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATES COMPRISING ACRYLATE RUBBER AND THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE | USELDING, JOHN E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19078373 | Fitting for Use with a Refrigerant Hose | RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | 3679 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 18867670 | ACTUATOR FOR GROUND ENGAGING MACHINERY | WIBLIN, MATTHEW | 3745 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18861384 | HEAT SINK WITH PIN FINS AND NON-STRAIGHT CONSTANT VOLUME FLOW CHANNEL | ALVARE, PAUL | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18911373 | Check Valve for Refrigeration Systems | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18846310 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SEALING ELEMENT | LEE, GILBERT Y | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 17704267 | THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATES COMPRISING ACRYLATE RUBBER AND THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE | USELDING, JOHN E | 1763 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2022 |
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