Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDUFFIE, MICHAEL D | 1 | 67.5% | -10.2% |
| PATEL, ROHAN OM | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| MARTINEZ, DAVID E | 1 | 86.5% | +13.6% |
| MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | 1 | 58.9% | +12.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18915910 | ENERGY ABSORBER ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A LADDER SAFETY SYSTEM | PATEL, ROHAN OM | — |
| 18529633 | TRENCH BOX OR PARAPET WALL GUARDRAIL RECEIVER | MARTINEZ, DAVID E | — |
| 18204760 | ADJUSTABLE PADDING FOR A SAFETY HARNESS | MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18529633 | TRENCH BOX OR PARAPET WALL GUARDRAIL RECEIVER | MARTINEZ, DAVID E | — |
| 18204760 | ADJUSTABLE PADDING FOR A SAFETY HARNESS | MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 1 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19091340 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANCHORING WITHIN A CHANNEL | MCDUFFIE, MICHAEL D | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 18915910 | ENERGY ABSORBER ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A LADDER SAFETY SYSTEM | PATEL, ROHAN OM | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18529633 | TRENCH BOX OR PARAPET WALL GUARDRAIL RECEIVER | MARTINEZ, DAVID E | 3642 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18204760 | ADJUSTABLE PADDING FOR A SAFETY HARNESS | MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | 3635 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
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