Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sargent Manufacturing Company has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, resulting in a one-to-one ratio of actions to examiners. The portfolio's current activity is limited to 1 distinct art unit, indicating a focused technical classification for these pending matters within the USPTO.
MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. With only 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is distributed across the distinct examiners. The concentration in the distinct art unit may allow for more consistent prosecution outcomes as the company interacts with a single supervisory group. Practitioners must navigate the preferences of the distinct examiners while operating within the constraints of the art unit. This focused environment suggests a consistent administrative environment for the current applications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 1 | 64.6% | +31.2% |
| AHMAD, FARIA F | 1 | 76.7% | +8.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19054082 | ANTI-LIGATURE DOOR HANDLE | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 39d |
| 19028515 | EXIT DEVICE WITH DAMPER | AHMAD, FARIA F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19054082 | ANTI-LIGATURE DOOR HANDLE | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 39d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19054082 | ANTI-LIGATURE DOOR HANDLE | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19028515 | EXIT DEVICE WITH DAMPER | AHMAD, FARIA F | 3675 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
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