Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Swellfix UK Limited is managing 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are divided between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This structure shows a high degree of concentration, with an average of two actions per examiner and art unit across the pending portfolio.
AHUJA, ANURADHA is the busiest examiner, currently handling 2 pending office actions. This means that AHUJA, ANURADHA is responsible for 2 of the company's total pending workload of 4 pending office actions. With only 2 distinct examiners involved, the company's prosecution strategy is highly dependent on the specific tendencies of a very small group of patent office personnel. This concentration within 2 distinct art units suggests a very narrow technical focus for the current filings.
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 | 2 (50%) |
| §102 only | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHUJA, ANURADHA | 2 | 72.6% | +56.1% |
| NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M | 2 | 79.2% | +19.7% |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19112343 | Method for Treating a Geological Formation | AHUJA, ANURADHA | 4d overdue |
| 19112379 | METHOD FOR TREATING A GEOLOGICAL FORMATION | AHUJA, ANURADHA | 12d |
| 18682615 | FLUID INTAKE SYSTEM | NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M | — |
| 18682828 | FLOW CONTROL DEVICE | NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3674 | 2 |
| 3753 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19112343 | Method for Treating a Geological Formation | AHUJA, ANURADHA | 3674 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19112379 | METHOD FOR TREATING A GEOLOGICAL FORMATION | AHUJA, ANURADHA | 3674 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 18682615 | FLUID INTAKE SYSTEM | NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M | 3753 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18682828 | FLOW CONTROL DEVICE | NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M | 3753 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
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