Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days
Richemont International S.A. is active in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area with 5 pending office actions. These filings are distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. WALKER, MICHAEL JAMES is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 2 pending office actions. This distribution shows that the portfolio involves multiple points of contact within the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, MICHAEL JAMES | 2 | 88.2% | -5.1% |
| MORGAN, EMILY M | 1 | 35.5% | +33.0% |
| GRAY, FRANCIS C | 1 | 90.9% | +7.4% |
| NIGAM, NATASHA | 1 | 58.1% | +31.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18723143 | METHOD FOR TESTING AND PRODUCING BALANCE SPRINGS FOR TIMEPIECES | GRAY, FRANCIS C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19121394 | DEFORMABLE JEWELRY ITEM | MORGAN, EMILY M | — |
| 18996316 | DEVICE FOR COORDINATED ACTUATION OF TWO FUNCTIONS OF A TIMEPIECE | WALKER, MICHAEL JAMES | — |
| 18995342 | ANIMATION MECHANISM | WALKER, MICHAEL JAMES | — |
| 17913387 | ELECTRONIC WATCHMAKER'S LOUPE, ELECTRONIC WATCHMAKER'S LOUPE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A CHECK OF A WATCH PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR A WATCH MECHANISM | NIGAM, NATASHA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19121394 | DEFORMABLE JEWELRY ITEM | MORGAN, EMILY M | — |
| 17913387 | ELECTRONIC WATCHMAKER'S LOUPE, ELECTRONIC WATCHMAKER'S LOUPE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A CHECK OF A WATCH PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR A WATCH MECHANISM | NIGAM, NATASHA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19121394 | DEFORMABLE JEWELRY ITEM | MORGAN, EMILY M | 3677 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 18996316 | DEVICE FOR COORDINATED ACTUATION OF TWO FUNCTIONS OF A TIMEPIECE | WALKER, MICHAEL JAMES | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18995342 | ANIMATION MECHANISM | WALKER, MICHAEL JAMES | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18723143 | METHOD FOR TESTING AND PRODUCING BALANCE SPRINGS FOR TIMEPIECES | GRAY, FRANCIS C | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 17913387 | ELECTRONIC WATCHMAKER'S LOUPE, ELECTRONIC WATCHMAKER'S LOUPE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A CHECK OF A WATCH PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR A WATCH MECHANISM | NIGAM, NATASHA | 2872 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2022 |
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