Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
12 pending office actions • 4 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 | 5 (42%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (42%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (8%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | 4 | 73.9% | +30.0% |
| LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 1 | 81.9% | +11.6% |
| LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 1 | 69.3% | +35.4% |
| GUADALUPE, YARITZA | 1 | 82.2% | +15.0% |
| SAUNDERS, ANNA JOSEPHINE | 1 | 76.0% | +15.7% |
| POON, DANA LEE | 1 | 55.4% | +41.8% |
| COURSON, TANIA C | 1 | 65.0% | +27.6% |
| QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL | 1 | 70.4% | +34.7% |
| DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN | 1 | 36.9% | +30.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19269094 | RATCHETING TOOL WITH CLUTCH | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | — |
| 18734036 | LASER LEVEL ASSEMBLY | GUADALUPE, YARITZA | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19148799 | BLADE RETENTION MECHANISM HAVING A BLADE CLAMP AND UTILITY KNIFE INCLUDING THE SAME | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | — |
| 19050994 | FOLDING KNIFE WITH SELECTIVELY HIDDEN BLADE RELEASE | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | — |
| 18673463 | LASER LEVEL ASSEMBLY | SAUNDERS, ANNA JOSEPHINE | — |
| 18319988 | CONSTRUCTION LASER LEVEL | QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL | — |
| 18081309 | UTILITY KNIFE BLADE WITH FUNCTIONAL CUTOUTS | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18655234 | Clamp with Movement Management | POON, DANA LEE | 46d overdue |
| 19015079 | POWER TOOL | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 8d overdue |
| 19148799 | BLADE RETENTION MECHANISM HAVING A BLADE CLAMP AND UTILITY KNIFE INCLUDING THE SAME | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | — |
| 19269094 | RATCHETING TOOL WITH CLUTCH | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | — |
| 19050994 | FOLDING KNIFE WITH SELECTIVELY HIDDEN BLADE RELEASE | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | — |
| 18958370 | MULTI LOCK MEMBER KNIFE BLADE RELEASE | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | — |
| 18734036 | LASER LEVEL ASSEMBLY | GUADALUPE, YARITZA | — |
| 18673463 | LASER LEVEL ASSEMBLY | SAUNDERS, ANNA JOSEPHINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 4 |
| 3731 | 2 |
| 2855 | 2 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19148799 | BLADE RETENTION MECHANISM HAVING A BLADE CLAMP AND UTILITY KNIFE INCLUDING THE SAME | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | 3724 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19269094 | RATCHETING TOOL WITH CLUTCH | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19050994 | FOLDING KNIFE WITH SELECTIVELY HIDDEN BLADE RELEASE | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19015079 | POWER TOOL | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18958370 | MULTI LOCK MEMBER KNIFE BLADE RELEASE | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | 3724 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18734036 | LASER LEVEL ASSEMBLY | GUADALUPE, YARITZA | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18673463 | LASER LEVEL ASSEMBLY | SAUNDERS, ANNA JOSEPHINE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18655234 | Clamp with Movement Management | POON, DANA LEE | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | May 04, 2024 |
| 18383085 | LASER LEVEL SYSTEM | COURSON, TANIA C | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18319988 | CONSTRUCTION LASER LEVEL | QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 18081309 | UTILITY KNIFE BLADE WITH FUNCTIONAL CUTOUTS | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | 3724 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
| 18064400 | UTILITY KNIFE BLADE SLIDER WITH AUTO-LOCK ON BLADE INSERTION | DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2022 |
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