Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 | 3 (60%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONG, LIANG | 1 | 52.9% | +32.9% |
| CONNOLLY, MARK A | 1 | 82.0% | +9.5% |
| TRAN, TIFFANY T | 1 | 58.5% | +51.3% |
| JENNISON, BRIAN W | 1 | 71.8% | +22.2% |
| CHAMBERS, JOHN MICHAEL | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18811859 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING A SAFETY-CRITICAL FUNCTION OF A MACHINE | CONNOLLY, MARK A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18944005 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR WORKPIECE SEPARATION AND FOR DIVIDING UP A REMAINING GRID OF A WORKPIECE SEPARATION | DONG, LIANG | — |
| 18326017 | LASER CUTTING METHOD FOR CUTTING OUT A WORKPIECE PART | CHAMBERS, JOHN MICHAEL | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18944005 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR WORKPIECE SEPARATION AND FOR DIVIDING UP A REMAINING GRID OF A WORKPIECE SEPARATION | DONG, LIANG | — |
| 18483656 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POLARIZING A LASER BEAM HAVING AN UNDEFINED POLARIZATION STATE AND LASER MACHINING SYSTEM | TRAN, TIFFANY T | — |
| 18447339 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A DISRUPTION DURING A MACHINING PROCESS, AND MACHINING APPARATUS | JENNISON, BRIAN W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 2 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18944005 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR WORKPIECE SEPARATION AND FOR DIVIDING UP A REMAINING GRID OF A WORKPIECE SEPARATION | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18811859 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING A SAFETY-CRITICAL FUNCTION OF A MACHINE | CONNOLLY, MARK A | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18483656 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POLARIZING A LASER BEAM HAVING AN UNDEFINED POLARIZATION STATE AND LASER MACHINING SYSTEM | TRAN, TIFFANY T | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 18447339 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A DISRUPTION DURING A MACHINING PROCESS, AND MACHINING APPARATUS | JENNISON, BRIAN W | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18326017 | LASER CUTTING METHOD FOR CUTTING OUT A WORKPIECE PART | CHAMBERS, JOHN MICHAEL | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
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