Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ritchie Engineering Company Inc. has 1 pending office action currently active in its patent portfolio. This 1 pending office action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, SULLIVAN, DEBRA M. The minimal number of pending matters indicates a specific prosecution phase for the company.
SULLIVAN, DEBRA M is identified as the busiest examiner, with a busiest examiner pending count of 1. This busiest examiner pending count of 1 is identical to the total count of 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner for the 1 pending office action, the company's current patent office engagement is concentrated on this individual.
The 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the company's current engagement with the patent office. Practitioners should note that the prosecution strategy is currently tied to the specific preferences of SULLIVAN, DEBRA M. The busiest examiner pending count of 1 confirms that no other pending matters are currently active for the company.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | 1 | 78.4% | +17.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19041694 | FAST CHANGE FOLD-A-WAY CROSS BOW SWING ARM MULTIPLE DIE TUBING BENDER | SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19041694 | FAST CHANGE FOLD-A-WAY CROSS BOW SWING ARM MULTIPLE DIE TUBING BENDER | SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19041694 | FAST CHANGE FOLD-A-WAY CROSS BOW SWING ARM MULTIPLE DIE TUBING BENDER | SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
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