Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Precision Couplings LLC currently manages 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This active case is assigned to RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER, who acts as the busiest examiner with 1 pending matter. The prosecution is contained within a single art unit, indicating a singular point of contact for the company's current patent efforts.
The data shows a highly focused prosecution environment where a single distinct examiner controls the entire pending portfolio. This concentration means that the company's immediate success in the mechanical systems field is tied to the specific examination style of this official. The limited scope of the pending action suggests a streamlined approach to intellectual property at this stage. Practitioners can dedicate resources to addressing the specific concerns of the sole examiner involved in the current workload. This focused engagement allows for a prosecution strategy that directly addresses the examiner's technical requirements.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19273870 | THREADED COUPLING WITH GAS TIGHT SEALS AND INTERLOCKING DOVETAIL THREADS | RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19273870 | THREADED COUPLING WITH GAS TIGHT SEALS AND INTERLOCKING DOVETAIL THREADS | RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19273870 | THREADED COUPLING WITH GAS TIGHT SEALS AND INTERLOCKING DOVETAIL THREADS | RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | 3679 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
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