Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Systems Protection Group US, LLC

8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

4
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (25%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)
No statute on record1 (12%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

5
Life Sciences
62% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
2
Business / Other
25% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H 1 66.6% -10.9%
DUNWOODY, AARON M 1 75.0% +11.6%
PIZIALI, ANDREW T 1 28.5% +27.4%
EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE 1 48.1% +42.3%
KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 1 45.7% +48.9%
OTERO, KENNETH MAX 1 50.0% +33.3%
JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH 1 47.8% +18.9%
MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T 1 53.1% +31.4%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18374616 KNIT TUBULAR THERMAL SLEEVE WITH WRAPPABLE COVER AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 8d overdue
18625197 MULTILAYER, EMI SHIELDING, SELF-WRAPPING TEXTILE SLEEVE AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF PIZIALI, ANDREW T 4d overdue
18219065 THERMAL AND DIELECTRIC INSULATOR FOR A BATTERY PACK OTERO, KENNETH MAX
18218357 THERMAL FABRIC WITH INTEGRATED COOLANT TUBE FOR THEREMALLY INSULATING AND ISOLATING CELLS OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY PACK AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH

Interview Candidates (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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18374616 KNIT TUBULAR THERMAL SLEEVE WITH WRAPPABLE COVER AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 8d overdue
18625197 MULTILAYER, EMI SHIELDING, SELF-WRAPPING TEXTILE SLEEVE AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF PIZIALI, ANDREW T 4d overdue
18706102 MULTILAYER SLEEVE HAVING THERMALLY INSULATIVE, FIRE SUPPRESSIVE, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC REFLECTIVE PROPERTIES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE COOLANT TUBE AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION DUNWOODY, AARON M
18391650 CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CONTINUOUS, AXIALLY AND RADIALLY STRETCHABLE, FIRE SUPPRESSING, PUNCTURE RESISTANT, DIELECTRIC KNIT SLEEVE EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE
18219065 THERMAL AND DIELECTRIC INSULATOR FOR A BATTERY PACK OTERO, KENNETH MAX
18218357 THERMAL FABRIC WITH INTEGRATED COOLANT TUBE FOR THEREMALLY INSULATING AND ISOLATING CELLS OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY PACK AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH
18132542 WRAPPABLE, WOVEN EMI RESISTANT SLEEVE AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1789 2
3732 1
1782 1
1725 1
1717 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19255750 TEXTILE SLEEVE WITH NON-ABRASIVE WALL AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H 3732 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 30, 2025
18706102 MULTILAYER SLEEVE HAVING THERMALLY INSULATIVE, FIRE SUPPRESSIVE, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC REFLECTIVE PROPERTIES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE COOLANT TUBE AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION DUNWOODY, AARON M Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2024
18625197 MULTILAYER, EMI SHIELDING, SELF-WRAPPING TEXTILE SLEEVE AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF PIZIALI, ANDREW T 1789 §103§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Apr 02, 2024
18391650 CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CONTINUOUS, AXIALLY AND RADIALLY STRETCHABLE, FIRE SUPPRESSING, PUNCTURE RESISTANT, DIELECTRIC KNIT SLEEVE EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18374616 KNIT TUBULAR THERMAL SLEEVE WITH WRAPPABLE COVER AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 1782 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18219065 THERMAL AND DIELECTRIC INSULATOR FOR A BATTERY PACK OTERO, KENNETH MAX 1725 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 06, 2023
18218357 THERMAL FABRIC WITH INTEGRATED COOLANT TUBE FOR THEREMALLY INSULATING AND ISOLATING CELLS OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY PACK AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH 1717 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2023
18132542 WRAPPABLE, WOVEN EMI RESISTANT SLEEVE AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T 1789 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 10, 2023

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