Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
6 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | 2 | 85.7% | +11.8% |
| KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 2 | 78.3% | +17.7% |
| BENNETT, GEORGE B | 1 | 79.5% | +10.7% |
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 83.5% | +13.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18723556 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A TRACK | BENNETT, GEORGE B | — |
| 18685343 | TAMPING UNIT FOR TAMPING SLEEPERS OF A TRACK | MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | — |
| 18579601 | METHOD FOR SAFELY OPERATING A RAIL TRAFFIC SYSTEM AND RAIL TRAFFIC SYSTEM | MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | — |
| 18566744 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CORRECTING VERTICAL POSITION DEFECTS OF A TRACK | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | — |
| 18550742 | METHOD FOR CLEANING A BALLAST BED OF A TRACK | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18014805 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR COMPACTING A BALLAST BED OF A TRACK | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 9d |
| 18723556 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A TRACK | BENNETT, GEORGE B | — |
| 18685343 | TAMPING UNIT FOR TAMPING SLEEPERS OF A TRACK | MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | — |
| 18579601 | METHOD FOR SAFELY OPERATING A RAIL TRAFFIC SYSTEM AND RAIL TRAFFIC SYSTEM | MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | — |
| 18566744 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CORRECTING VERTICAL POSITION DEFECTS OF A TRACK | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | — |
| 18550742 | METHOD FOR CLEANING A BALLAST BED OF A TRACK | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18723556 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A TRACK | BENNETT, GEORGE B | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18685343 | TAMPING UNIT FOR TAMPING SLEEPERS OF A TRACK | MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18579601 | METHOD FOR SAFELY OPERATING A RAIL TRAFFIC SYSTEM AND RAIL TRAFFIC SYSTEM | MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | 3615 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18566744 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CORRECTING VERTICAL POSITION DEFECTS OF A TRACK | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 3615 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18550742 | METHOD FOR CLEANING A BALLAST BED OF A TRACK | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18014805 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR COMPACTING A BALLAST BED OF A TRACK | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
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