Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Samson Equipment Inc. is managing 1 pending office action at the patent office. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MUDD, HENRY HOOPER, who is identified as the busiest examiner. The data indicates 0 distinct art units, which may suggest the case is in a preliminary or unassigned stage within the office's internal tracking. The 1 busiest examiner pending action accounts for the entire active portfolio. With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the prosecution is currently limited to a single point of contact.
This 1 distinct examiner, MUDD, HENRY HOOPER, will provide the primary feedback for the company's current patent efforts. The presence of 0 distinct art units is a notable administrative detail that practitioners should monitor as the case progresses. Because the 1 busiest examiner pending action is the only matter active, the company's patent strategy is highly concentrated. This lack of examiner diversity means the company must tailor its arguments specifically to the preferences of MUDD, HENRY HOOPER. The 0 distinct art units figure might change once the case is formally docketed to a specific examination group.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | 1 | 69.9% | +24.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19024874 | Outdoor Workout Station | MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19024874 | Outdoor Workout Station | MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19024874 | Outdoor Workout Station | MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
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