Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
18 pending office actions • 8 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 5 (28%) |
| §112 only | 3 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (56%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 2 | 78.0% | +16.2% |
| STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | 2 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 1 | 76.1% | +11.8% |
| SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M | 1 | 60.4% | +33.1% |
| EKIERT, TERESA M | 1 | 79.3% | +3.0% |
| ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 1 | 74.4% | +23.6% |
| ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | 1 | 76.3% | +7.8% |
| GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C | 1 | 72.2% | +37.9% |
| JANSSEN, REBECCA | 1 | 59.8% | +30.6% |
| JOHNSON, BENJAMIN W | 1 | 61.7% | +45.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18579396 | Roll-changing device for changing the working and/or intermediate rolls of a rolling mill stand | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 42d overdue |
| 18561245 | Burner | SHIRSAT, VIVEK K | 36d overdue |
| 18122172 | CATERPILLAR TRACK DRAWING METHOD AND CATERPILLAR TRACK DRAWING MACHINE | GUTHRIE, TERESA A | 25d overdue |
| 17618141 | FIXING A STRIP END SEGMENT OF A METAL STRIP COIL TO AN ADJACENT STRIP WINDING | GAMINO, CARLOS J | 34d |
| 19128903 | GEAR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GEAR AND USE OF SUCH A GEAR | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | — |
| 18837310 | PIPE SECTION, PIPE ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PIPE SECTION, AND USE OF A PIPE ASSEMBLY | SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M | — |
| 18697787 | System for holding back a mandrel rod in a pipe rolling mill, and method for operating said system | EKIERT, TERESA M | — |
| 18681663 | CHANGING SYSTEM FOR A TUNDISH UNIT, TUNDISH UNIT FOR A CHANGING SYSTEM, ATOMIZATION INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR ATOMIZING METAL MELT | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18555685 | Camera module for a burner | JOHNSON, BENJAMIN W | 44d overdue |
| 18579396 | Roll-changing device for changing the working and/or intermediate rolls of a rolling mill stand | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 42d overdue |
| 18693376 | Straightening machine and method for straightening | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 30d overdue |
| 19128903 | GEAR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GEAR AND USE OF SUCH A GEAR | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | — |
| 18837310 | PIPE SECTION, PIPE ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PIPE SECTION, AND USE OF A PIPE ASSEMBLY | SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M | — |
| 18713651 | Method for operating a rolling line, and computer program product for carrying out the method | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | — |
| 18289509 | CLEANING DEVICE FOR LIQUIDS, IN PARTICULAR FOR OIL-BASED LIQUIDS | GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C | — |
| 18563287 | System and method for producing rod-shaped steels | JANSSEN, REBECCA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 6 |
| 1733 | 2 |
| 3762 | 2 |
| 3618 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19128903 | GEAR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GEAR AND USE OF SUCH A GEAR | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 3618 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 18837310 | PIPE SECTION, PIPE ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PIPE SECTION, AND USE OF A PIPE ASSEMBLY | SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18713651 | Method for operating a rolling line, and computer program product for carrying out the method | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 3725 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2024 |
| 18697787 | System for holding back a mandrel rod in a pipe rolling mill, and method for operating said system | EKIERT, TERESA M | 3725 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18693376 | Straightening machine and method for straightening | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3725 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18681663 | CHANGING SYSTEM FOR A TUNDISH UNIT, TUNDISH UNIT FOR A CHANGING SYSTEM, ATOMIZATION INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR ATOMIZING METAL MELT | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18579396 | Roll-changing device for changing the working and/or intermediate rolls of a rolling mill stand | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 3725 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Jan 15, 2024 |
| 18579340 | Method for recycling Li-ion batteries | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2024 |
| 18289509 | CLEANING DEVICE FOR LIQUIDS, IN PARTICULAR FOR OIL-BASED LIQUIDS | GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C | 1773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18563287 | System and method for producing rod-shaped steels | JANSSEN, REBECCA | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18555685 | Camera module for a burner | JOHNSON, BENJAMIN W | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18561245 | Burner | SHIRSAT, VIVEK K | 3762 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18388917 | EXTRUSION PRESS | SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | 3725 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18290360 | Forced air cooling for cooling long steel products | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18388916 | EXTRUSION RESIDUE SHEARS AND METHOD FOR SHEARING OFF AN EXTRUSION RESIDUE | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18122172 | CATERPILLAR TRACK DRAWING METHOD AND CATERPILLAR TRACK DRAWING MACHINE | GUTHRIE, TERESA A | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 25d overdue | Pending | Mar 16, 2023 |
| 18017510 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEEL STRIP | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 1733 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Jan 23, 2023 |
| 17618141 | FIXING A STRIP END SEGMENT OF A METAL STRIP COIL TO AN ADJACENT STRIP WINDING | GAMINO, CARLOS J | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Dec 10, 2021 |
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