Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Springs Window Fashions LLC has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are handled by 3 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit. SUSAN MARIE HESCHEL is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 pending office action. The concentration in a unique art unit suggests a narrow technical focus despite the involvement of multiple examiners.
The use of 3 distinct examiners for the pending office actions means that each case is being evaluated by a different individual. However, because all the examiners are located within 1 distinct art unit, the company can expect a degree of consistency in the underlying technical standards applied to its applications. HESCHEL's role as the busiest examiner is shared with the other examiners, as each manages a unique action. Practitioners should focus on the specific practices of this unique art unit while remaining mindful of the different personal styles of the 3 examiners involved in the prosecution.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HESCHEL, SUSAN MARIE | 1 | 77.0% | +17.8% |
| SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 1 | 54.3% | +39.7% |
| RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 1 | 52.5% | +46.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18444259 | ROLLER SHADE ASSEMBLY | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 74d overdue |
| 18981196 | COMBINATION TENSION AND LOCKING ASSEMBLY FOR A CONTINUOUS LOOPED OPERATOR OF A WINDOW COVERING | HESCHEL, SUSAN MARIE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18399440 | ADHESIVE JOINT BETWEEN WOVEN AND NONWOVEN FABRIC FOR A CELLULAR SHADE | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 125d overdue |
| 18444259 | ROLLER SHADE ASSEMBLY | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 74d overdue |
| 18981196 | COMBINATION TENSION AND LOCKING ASSEMBLY FOR A CONTINUOUS LOOPED OPERATOR OF A WINDOW COVERING | HESCHEL, SUSAN MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18981196 | COMBINATION TENSION AND LOCKING ASSEMBLY FOR A CONTINUOUS LOOPED OPERATOR OF A WINDOW COVERING | HESCHEL, SUSAN MARIE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18444259 | ROLLER SHADE ASSEMBLY | SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD | 3634 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 74d overdue | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18399440 | ADHESIVE JOINT BETWEEN WOVEN AND NONWOVEN FABRIC FOR A CELLULAR SHADE | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 3634 | §103 | Final Rejection | 125d overdue | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
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