Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT | 1 | 64.0% | +33.7% |
| MURPHY, KEVIN F | 1 | 67.8% | +27.6% |
| WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | 1 | 75.6% | +27.5% |
| KEE, FANNIE C | 1 | 69.9% | +29.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19319710 | TUBULAR CONNECTOR | LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT | — |
| 19284456 | FIXTURE OUTLET BOX | MURPHY, KEVIN F | — |
| 18699832 | WATER HEATER EXPANSION TANK FITTING TEES | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — |
| 18489305 | WATER HEATER EXPANSION TANK FITTING TEES | KEE, FANNIE C | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19319710 | TUBULAR CONNECTOR | LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT | — |
| 19284456 | FIXTURE OUTLET BOX | MURPHY, KEVIN F | — |
| 18699832 | WATER HEATER EXPANSION TANK FITTING TEES | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — |
| 18489305 | WATER HEATER EXPANSION TANK FITTING TEES | KEE, FANNIE C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19319710 | TUBULAR CONNECTOR | LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT | 3679 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2025 |
| 19284456 | FIXTURE OUTLET BOX | MURPHY, KEVIN F | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 18699832 | WATER HEATER EXPANSION TANK FITTING TEES | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18489305 | WATER HEATER EXPANSION TANK FITTING TEES | KEE, FANNIE C | 3679 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
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