Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Pyrotek Inc.

6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

2
Hard (33%)
3
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GILLENWATERS, JACKSON N 1 82.8% +12.6%
TRAN, LEN 1 13.4% +22.1%
STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN 1 0.0% +0.0%
POPOVICS, ROBERT J 1 55.2% +22.8%
SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL 1 63.8% +4.1%
PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA 1 53.0% +12.3%

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18287946 SHAFT AND POST ASSEMBLIES FOR MOLTEN APPARATUS STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN 16d overdue
18881076 MOLTEN METAL IMPELLER WITH ROCK GUARD GILLENWATERS, JACKSON N
18838976 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING ALUMINUM DEGASSING EFFICIENCY TRAN, LEN

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17908442 MECHANICAL AUGER RECIRCULATION WELL PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA 15d overdue
18881076 MOLTEN METAL IMPELLER WITH ROCK GUARD GILLENWATERS, JACKSON N
18838976 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING ALUMINUM DEGASSING EFFICIENCY TRAN, LEN
18282597 MOLTEN METAL FILTER POPOVICS, ROBERT J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1733 4
3745 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18881076 MOLTEN METAL IMPELLER WITH ROCK GUARD GILLENWATERS, JACKSON N 3745 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 03, 2025
18838976 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING ALUMINUM DEGASSING EFFICIENCY TRAN, LEN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18287946 SHAFT AND POST ASSEMBLIES FOR MOLTEN APPARATUS STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN 1733 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18282597 MOLTEN METAL FILTER POPOVICS, ROBERT J 1733 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2023
18202395 FILTER HANDLING TOOL SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL 1733 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2023
17908442 MECHANICAL AUGER RECIRCULATION WELL PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA 1733 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2022

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