Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
3 pending office actions • 0 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pier Tech Systems LLC has 3 pending office actions currently under review. These matters are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, with LAWSON, STACY N identified as the busiest examiner holding 1 pending office action. The data shows 0 distinct art units associated with these filings. With distinct examiners for the pending office actions, the company must manage separate prosecution tracks simultaneously. This distribution suggests that each of the active cases is being evaluated independently by a different examiner.
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 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OQUENDO, CARIB A | 1 | 77.9% | +12.4% |
| LAWSON, STACY N | 1 | 62.2% | +51.7% |
| ARMSTRONG, KYLE | 1 | 71.8% | +29.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19073618 | FOUNDATION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION WITH SELF-ALIGNING TORQUE TRANSMITTING COUPLERS | OQUENDO, CARIB 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19073618 | FOUNDATION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION WITH SELF-ALIGNING TORQUE TRANSMITTING COUPLERS | OQUENDO, CARIB A | — |
| 19074122 | FOUNDATION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS INCLUDING SLEEVE COUPLER AND SELF-ALIGNING SHAFTS WITH TORQUE TRANSMITTING PROFILED DISTAL END EDGES | LAWSON, STACY N | — |
| 19073673 | BUILDING FOUNDATION SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH RIB AND GROOVE INTERLOCK DRIVE TOOL COUPLER COMPONENT AND PILES | ARMSTRONG, KYLE | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19073618 | FOUNDATION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION WITH SELF-ALIGNING TORQUE TRANSMITTING COUPLERS | OQUENDO, CARIB A | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19074122 | FOUNDATION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS INCLUDING SLEEVE COUPLER AND SELF-ALIGNING SHAFTS WITH TORQUE TRANSMITTING PROFILED DISTAL END EDGES | LAWSON, STACY N | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19073673 | BUILDING FOUNDATION SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH RIB AND GROOVE INTERLOCK DRIVE TOOL COUPLER COMPONENT AND PILES | ARMSTRONG, KYLE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
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