Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Tormek AB currently has 1 pending office action. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner across 0 distinct art units. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES, who is responsible for 1 pending matter.
With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the prosecution is currently limited to a single interaction. The presence of 0 distinct art units suggests a unique administrative or classification status for the pending filing. MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES serves as the primary point of contact for the company's current patent office activity.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 1 | 44.0% | +33.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18838528 | A GRINDING ANGLE SETTING DEVICE, A GRINDING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF SETTING A GRINDING ANGLE | MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18838528 | A GRINDING ANGLE SETTING DEVICE, A GRINDING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF SETTING A GRINDING ANGLE | MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18838528 | A GRINDING ANGLE SETTING DEVICE, A GRINDING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF SETTING A GRINDING ANGLE | MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialTormek AB has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 0 art units and 1 examiners.
Tyler James Mcfarland has the most, with 1 of Tormek AB's pending office actions.