Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 07, 2026

Preformed Line Products Co.

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (14%)
6
Medium (86%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (71%)
§102 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SMITH, NKEISHA 1 72.8% +16.9%
JONES, JAMES WILLIAM 1 73.3% +26.0%
BRADEN, SHAWN M 1 66.8% +32.3%
IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 1 74.2% +24.6%
PHAN, MINH Q 1 75.9% -5.0%
WONG, JOCK M 1 34.8% +44.5%
MAGAR, DIL KUMAR 1 54.3% +16.1%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17964824 SPACER END CLAMP IJAZ, MUHAMMAD

Interview Candidates (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18342703 LINE BYPASS SYSTEM JONES, JAMES WILLIAM 14d
18816615 BOLLARD HOLDER SMITH, NKEISHA
17977699 EXPANDABLE CLOSURE SYSTEM BRADEN, SHAWN M
17964824 SPACER END CLAMP IJAZ, MUHAMMAD
17554206 ARTICULATING TENSION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE WONG, JOCK M
17388329 BALL PEEN BOLT MAGAR, DIL KUMAR

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3675 2
3632 1
3615 1
3736 1
3631 1
2852 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18816615 BOLLARD HOLDER SMITH, NKEISHA 3632 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 27, 2024
18342703 LINE BYPASS SYSTEM JONES, JAMES WILLIAM 3615 §103Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 27, 2023
17977699 EXPANDABLE CLOSURE SYSTEM BRADEN, SHAWN M 3736 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2022
17964824 SPACER END CLAMP IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 3631 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2022
17964713 ROBOT INSTALLED UTILITY LINE HARDWARE PHAN, MINH Q 2852 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2022
17554206 ARTICULATING TENSION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE WONG, JOCK M 3675 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2021
17388329 BALL PEEN BOLT MAGAR, DIL KUMAR 3675 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 29, 2021

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