Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tier 1 Energy Solutions, Inc. currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 3 distinct art units, indicating a narrow but multi-disciplinary focus for their mechanical innovations. The presence of 4 distinct examiners for only 4 pending actions suggests a decentralized prosecution environment where each application is handled by a different individual.
SAYRE, JAMES G is identified as the busiest examiner for this company, though he is responsible for only 1 busiest_examiner_pending action. This parity between the busiest examiner and the total examiner count of 4 highlights that no single official dominates the company's current docket. Practitioners should prepare for varied examiner perspectives rather than a unified prosecution style across these 3 distinct art units. The lack of examiner overlap means that the company must tailor each response to the specific preferences of the 4 distinct examiners involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAYRE, JAMES G | 1 | 84.0% | +12.9% |
| CARROLL, DAVID P. | 1 | 80.2% | +14.1% |
| NORRIS, URSULA LEE | 1 | 81.7% | +6.5% |
| THOMPSON, KENNETH L | 1 | 87.4% | +6.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19036310 | RETRIEVABLE BRIDGE PLUG WITH DUAL CHECK VALVES | THOMPSON, KENNETH L | 45d overdue |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19320178 | LUBRICATOR ASSEMBLY WITH FLANGE OR FLOW BLOCK MOUNTED CATCHER | CARROLL, DAVID P. | 34d |
| 19376389 | STEAM DIVERTER APPARATUS AND EXPANSION JOINT | SAYRE, JAMES G | — |
| 19235994 | COIL SHIFTABLE PACKER | NORRIS, URSULA LEE | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19320178 | LUBRICATOR ASSEMBLY WITH FLANGE OR FLOW BLOCK MOUNTED CATCHER | CARROLL, DAVID P. | 34d |
| 19376389 | STEAM DIVERTER APPARATUS AND EXPANSION JOINT | SAYRE, JAMES G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3672 | 1 |
| 3674 | 1 |
| 3676 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19376389 | STEAM DIVERTER APPARATUS AND EXPANSION JOINT | SAYRE, JAMES G | 3672 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19320178 | LUBRICATOR ASSEMBLY WITH FLANGE OR FLOW BLOCK MOUNTED CATCHER | CARROLL, DAVID P. | 3674 | §101DP | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Sep 05, 2025 |
| 19235994 | COIL SHIFTABLE PACKER | NORRIS, URSULA LEE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19036310 | RETRIEVABLE BRIDGE PLUG WITH DUAL CHECK VALVES | THOMPSON, KENNETH L | 3676 | §102 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
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