Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
19 pending office actions • 6 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 (26%) |
| §102 only | 2 (11%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (47%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (5%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EKIERT, TERESA M | 4 | 79.3% | +3.0% |
| ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3 | 74.4% | +23.6% |
| KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON | 3 | 69.4% | +15.8% |
| PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1 | 77.0% | +5.9% |
| CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER | 1 | 62.2% | +28.7% |
| SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | 1 | 78.4% | +17.3% |
| TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 1 | 78.0% | +16.2% |
| MCCORMACK, JOHN PATRICK | 1 | 71.2% | +28.9% |
| HULKA, JAMES R | 1 | 76.4% | +11.7% |
| CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM | 1 | 62.6% | +43.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18442158 | TRANSFER TURRET WITH SETTABLE VACUUM TIMING AND NECKER MACHINE INCLUDING SAME | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 17d overdue |
| 18967999 | METHODS OF FORMING PANELS ON CAN ENDS | EKIERT, TERESA M | — |
| 18967754 | METHODS OF FORMING CAN ENDS WITH RELIEVED BUBBLES | EKIERT, TERESA M | — |
| 18967885 | NARROW SCORE DIE ASSEMBLIES | KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON | — |
| 18967796 | RIVET BUTTON TOOLING ASSEMBLIES | KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON | — |
| 18967973 | PANELING TOOLING ASSEMBLIES | EKIERT, TERESA M | — |
| 18967943 | CAN ENDS WITH PANELS | CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER | — |
| 18776371 | FLOW RESTRICTOR FOR A CUPPER AND CUPPER INCLUDING THE SAME | SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18442158 | TRANSFER TURRET WITH SETTABLE VACUUM TIMING AND NECKER MACHINE INCLUDING SAME | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 17d overdue |
| 18105938 | ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION CAN CURING OVEN | CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM | 4d overdue |
| 18586668 | DIAGNOSTIC AND MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A DIE NECKING MACHINE | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3d overdue |
| 18219204 | LIDAR DEFECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN CAN MANUFACTURING ASSEMBLIES | HULKA, JAMES R | 42d |
| 19005049 | ACTUATING ASSEMBLY FOR A HOLD DOWN ARRANGEMENT OF A CAN BODYMAKER REDRAW ASSEMBLY | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18979717 | ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS FOR NECKING A CAN BODY | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18967885 | NARROW SCORE DIE ASSEMBLIES | KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON | — |
| 18967796 | RIVET BUTTON TOOLING ASSEMBLIES | KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 13 |
| 3733 | 2 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19203257 | CAN MAKING SYSTEM WITH HYDROGEN FIRED INFRARED OVEN AND WATER RECYCLING SYSTEM | PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1712 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19005049 | ACTUATING ASSEMBLY FOR A HOLD DOWN ARRANGEMENT OF A CAN BODYMAKER REDRAW ASSEMBLY | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3725 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18979717 | ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS FOR NECKING A CAN BODY | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18967818 | METHODS OF FORMING ROUNDED RIVET BUTTONS ON CAN ENDS | EKIERT, TERESA M | 3725 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18967999 | METHODS OF FORMING PANELS ON CAN ENDS | EKIERT, TERESA M | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18967754 | METHODS OF FORMING CAN ENDS WITH RELIEVED BUBBLES | EKIERT, TERESA M | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18967885 | NARROW SCORE DIE ASSEMBLIES | KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18967796 | RIVET BUTTON TOOLING ASSEMBLIES | KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18967973 | PANELING TOOLING ASSEMBLIES | EKIERT, TERESA M | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18967911 | METHODS OF FORMING NARROW SCORES ON CAN ENDS | KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON | 3725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18967943 | CAN ENDS WITH PANELS | CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER | 3733 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18776371 | FLOW RESTRICTOR FOR A CUPPER AND CUPPER INCLUDING THE SAME | SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18586668 | DIAGNOSTIC AND MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A DIE NECKING MACHINE | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18442158 | TRANSFER TURRET WITH SETTABLE VACUUM TIMING AND NECKER MACHINE INCLUDING SAME | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18534798 | INFRARED CAN CURING OVEN | MCCORMACK, JOHN PATRICK | 3762 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18219204 | LIDAR DEFECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN CAN MANUFACTURING ASSEMBLIES | HULKA, JAMES R | 3645 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Jul 07, 2023 |
| 18105938 | ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION CAN CURING OVEN | CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
| 17726874 | CAM DRIVEN MULTI-OUTPUT BODYMAKER | STEPHENS, MATTHEW | 3725 | §102 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Apr 22, 2022 |
| 17316755 | ECOLOGY TAB, CAN END, TOOLING AND METHOD | HOPPMANN, JOHN MARTIN | 3733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 11, 2021 |
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