Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
19 pending office actions • 10 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 9 (47%) |
| §102 only | 2 (11%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (37%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORRISON, THOMAS A | 3 | 73.8% | +31.1% |
| SANDERS, HOWARD J | 2 | 81.0% | +7.7% |
| CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 2 | 80.7% | +13.4% |
| AMADIZ, RODNEY | 1 | 79.6% | +13.0% |
| BOGALE, AMEN W | 1 | 74.6% | +4.6% |
| BURLESON, MICHAEL L | 1 | 74.4% | -7.1% |
| ZHENG, JACKY X | 1 | 79.9% | +17.1% |
| LEE, CHEUKFAN | 1 | 80.5% | +7.1% |
| ROGERS, SCOTT A | 1 | 92.1% | +1.1% |
| SOFRONIOU, MICHAEL MARIO | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18693885 | MEDIUM CONVEYANCE DEVICE | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 4d overdue |
| 18780218 | MEDIUM CONVEYING APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A CONVEYED MEDIUM IS ID CARD | LEE, CHEUKFAN | — |
| 18737675 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | ROGERS, SCOTT A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18908624 | MEDIUM EJECTING APPARATUS INCLUDING MEDIUM REGULATING MEMBER PROVIDED SO AS TO SWING AND PIVOT | SANDERS, HOWARD J | 45d overdue |
| 18803197 | MEDIA EJECTING DEVICE | SANDERS, HOWARD J | 43d overdue |
| 18419089 | SWING CONTROLLER | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 31d overdue |
| 18633146 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DOCUMENT TYPE IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND MODEL GENERATION METHOD | SOFRONIOU, MICHAEL MARIO | 27d |
| 18436742 | MEDIUM EJECTION DEVICE | GOKHALE, PRASAD V | 29d |
| 19235316 | MEDIUM CONVEYING APPARATUS | MORRISON, THOMAS A | 35d |
| 19222830 | KEYBOARD APPARATUS IN WHICH TOUCH PAD IS LOCATED BASED ON FITTS'S LAW | AMADIZ, RODNEY | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18419089 | SWING CONTROLLER | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 31d overdue |
| 18693885 | MEDIUM CONVEYANCE DEVICE | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 4d overdue |
| 18436854 | MEDIA CONVEYING APPARATUS, MEDIA CONVEYING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | MORRISON, THOMAS A | 22d |
| 19235316 | MEDIUM CONVEYING APPARATUS | MORRISON, THOMAS A | 35d |
| 19222830 | KEYBOARD APPARATUS IN WHICH TOUCH PAD IS LOCATED BASED ON FITTS'S LAW | AMADIZ, RODNEY | — |
| 18925571 | MEDIUM FEEDING APPARATUS, MEDIUM FEEDING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | MORRISON, THOMAS A | — |
| 18808922 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | ZHENG, JACKY X | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3653 | 6 |
| 2683 | 2 |
| 3619 | 2 |
| 2622 | 1 |
| 2628 | 1 |
| 2682 | 1 |
| 2661 | 1 |
| 2656 | 1 |
| 2667 | 1 |
| 2675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19235316 | MEDIUM CONVEYING APPARATUS | MORRISON, THOMAS A | 3653 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19222830 | KEYBOARD APPARATUS IN WHICH TOUCH PAD IS LOCATED BASED ON FITTS'S LAW | AMADIZ, RODNEY | 2622 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19192184 | KEYBOARD DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | BOGALE, AMEN W | 2628 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 18946202 | MEDIUM CONVEYING APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING A SKEW OF A MEDIUM | BURLESON, MICHAEL L | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18925571 | MEDIUM FEEDING APPARATUS, MEDIUM FEEDING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | MORRISON, THOMAS A | 3653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18908624 | MEDIUM EJECTING APPARATUS INCLUDING MEDIUM REGULATING MEMBER PROVIDED SO AS TO SWING AND PIVOT | SANDERS, HOWARD J | 3653 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18808922 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | ZHENG, JACKY X | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18803197 | MEDIA EJECTING DEVICE | SANDERS, HOWARD J | 3653 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18780218 | MEDIUM CONVEYING APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A CONVEYED MEDIUM IS ID CARD | LEE, CHEUKFAN | 2682 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18737675 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | ROGERS, SCOTT A | 2683 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18633146 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DOCUMENT TYPE IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND MODEL GENERATION METHOD | SOFRONIOU, MICHAEL MARIO | 2661 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18632008 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE MEDIUM | ZONG, HELEN | 2683 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18693885 | MEDIUM CONVEYANCE DEVICE | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 3619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18436742 | MEDIUM EJECTION DEVICE | GOKHALE, PRASAD V | 3653 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18436854 | MEDIA CONVEYING APPARATUS, MEDIA CONVEYING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | MORRISON, THOMAS A | 3653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18431760 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE MEDIUM | TSAI, TSUNG YIN | 2656 | §103 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18424291 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE MEDIUM | LU, TOM Y | 2667 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18419089 | SWING CONTROLLER | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 3619 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18359524 | OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE AND OBJECT PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING OBJECT POSITION AND DETERMINING MATERIAL USING ILLUMINATION-CONDITIONED IMAGING | MOYER, ANDREW M | 2675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
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