Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Seco Tools Tooling Systems

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (25%)
2
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only2 (50%)
Double-patenting only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
25% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
75% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RUFO, RYAN C 1 59.3% +40.9%
COZART, JERMIE E 1 83.8% +3.1%
GUADALUPE, YARITZA 1 82.3% +14.8%
GATES, ERIC ANDREW 1 78.9% +14.2%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16769975 MECHANISM FOR OPTIMISING A MANUAL ANGULAR ADJUSTMENT GUADALUPE, YARITZA 12d
16769958 CUTTING HEAD LUBRICATION MECHANISM COZART, JERMIE E

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18277545 BORING HEAD AND A BORING TOOL ASSEMBLY RUFO, RYAN C

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16769975 MECHANISM FOR OPTIMISING A MANUAL ANGULAR ADJUSTMENT GUADALUPE, YARITZA 12d
18277545 BORING HEAD AND A BORING TOOL ASSEMBLY RUFO, RYAN C
18009955 BORING BAR AND A NON-ROTATING BORING TOOL AND A BORING ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING SUCH A BORING BAR GATES, ERIC ANDREW

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3722 2
3799 1
2855 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18277545 BORING HEAD AND A BORING TOOL ASSEMBLY RUFO, RYAN C 3722 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 16, 2023
16769958 CUTTING HEAD LUBRICATION MECHANISM COZART, JERMIE E 3799 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 07, 2023
16769975 MECHANISM FOR OPTIMISING A MANUAL ANGULAR ADJUSTMENT GUADALUPE, YARITZA 2855 §102 Final Rejection 12d Pending Apr 13, 2023
18009955 BORING BAR AND A NON-ROTATING BORING TOOL AND A BORING ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING SUCH A BORING BAR GATES, ERIC ANDREW 3722 DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 12, 2022

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