Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
17 pending office actions • 7 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days
Välinge Innovation AB operates a company patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. There are 18 pending office actions currently active. These actions are distributed among 16 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units. FORD, GISELE D is the busiest examiner, holding 2 pending actions. The presence of 18 pending office actions suggests a steady volume of ongoing prosecution within the chemistry sector.
The 18 pending office actions are spread across 8 distinct art units, suggesting a diverse technical scope. With 16 distinct examiners involved, the company faces a wide variety of examiner perspectives. Practitioners should coordinate their strategy across the 8 distinct art units while managing the pending office actions across the 16 distinct examiners. Monitoring the 2 pending actions with the busiest examiner is essential for maintaining consistency. This structure requires a strategy that accounts for varied examiner styles while navigating the requirements of the identified technical groups.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 5 (29%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (59%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORD, GISELE D | 2 | 69.7% | +14.2% |
| BARLOW, ADAM G | 2 | 70.9% | +19.6% |
| LEYSON, JOSEPH S | 1 | 66.3% | +35.9% |
| PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1 | 77.1% | +5.9% |
| ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | 1 | 63.5% | +24.6% |
| HARRIS, ZACHARY PRATT | 1 | — | — |
| AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | 1 | 33.3% | +62.5% |
| KENNY, DANIEL J | 1 | 61.8% | +21.9% |
| PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A | 1 | 73.9% | +13.1% |
| SADLON, JOSEPH | 1 | 63.4% | +26.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19186878 | METHOD TO PRODUCE A SUBSTRATE | LEYSON, JOSEPH S | — |
| 18983417 | JOINERY PRODUCT COMPRISING A LOCKING DEVICE | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | — |
| 18963840 | SET OF BUILDING PANELS COMPRISING A LOCKING DEVICE | HARRIS, ZACHARY PRATT | — |
| 18953280 | METHOD TO PRODUCE A BOARD ELEMENT AND A PANEL | AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | — |
| 18912910 | MECHANICAL LOCKING DEVICE FOR BUILDING PANELS | BARLOW, ADAM G | — |
| 18907818 | VERTICAL JOINT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COVERING SYSTEM | SADLON, JOSEPH | — |
| 18774170 | BUILDING PANELS COMPRISING A LOCKING DEVICE | FORD, GISELE D | — |
| 18741549 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A VENEERED BUILDING PANEL AND A VENEERED BUILDING PANEL | RIVERA, JOSHEL | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19186878 | METHOD TO PRODUCE A SUBSTRATE | LEYSON, JOSEPH S | — |
| 19042538 | RESILIENT FLOOR | FORD, GISELE D | — |
| 18983417 | JOINERY PRODUCT COMPRISING A LOCKING DEVICE | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | — |
| 18953280 | METHOD TO PRODUCE A BOARD ELEMENT AND A PANEL | AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | — |
| 18941341 | SET OF BUILDING PANELS COMPRISING A LOCKING DEVICE | KENNY, DANIEL J | — |
| 18931469 | BUILDING PANEL AND A METHOD TO PRODUCE SUCH A BUILDING PANEL | PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A | — |
| 18912920 | MECHANICAL LOCKING DEVICE FOR BUILDING PANELS | BARLOW, ADAM G | — |
| 18912910 | MECHANICAL LOCKING DEVICE FOR BUILDING PANELS | BARLOW, ADAM G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3633 | 3 |
| 1746 | 2 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19186878 | METHOD TO PRODUCE A SUBSTRATE | LEYSON, JOSEPH S | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19104590 | PREPARATION METHOD OF A WEAR-RESISTANT AND SCRATCH-RESISTANT BOARD | PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1712 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19042538 | RESILIENT FLOOR | FORD, GISELE D | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18983417 | JOINERY PRODUCT COMPRISING A LOCKING DEVICE | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18963840 | SET OF BUILDING PANELS COMPRISING A LOCKING DEVICE | HARRIS, ZACHARY PRATT | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2024 |
| 18953280 | METHOD TO PRODUCE A BOARD ELEMENT AND A PANEL | AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18941341 | SET OF BUILDING PANELS COMPRISING A LOCKING DEVICE | KENNY, DANIEL J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18931469 | BUILDING PANEL AND A METHOD TO PRODUCE SUCH A BUILDING PANEL | PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A | 1746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18912920 | MECHANICAL LOCKING DEVICE FOR BUILDING PANELS | BARLOW, ADAM G | 3633 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18912910 | MECHANICAL LOCKING DEVICE FOR BUILDING PANELS | BARLOW, ADAM G | 3633 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18907818 | VERTICAL JOINT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COVERING SYSTEM | SADLON, JOSEPH | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18774170 | BUILDING PANELS COMPRISING A LOCKING DEVICE | FORD, GISELE D | 3633 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18741549 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A VENEERED BUILDING PANEL AND A VENEERED BUILDING PANEL | RIVERA, JOSHEL | 1788 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18637743 | BUILDING PANEL WITH A MECHANICAL LOCKING DEVICE AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING SUCH BUILDING PANEL | GRAHAM, ANDREW D | 1742 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18441329 | METHOD TO REFINE WASTE WOOD-BASED MATERIAL | KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K | 3653 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18576294 | A METHOD TO PRODUCE A VENEERED PANEL AND A VENEERED PANEL | VONCH, JEFFREY A | 1781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jan 03, 2024 |
| 18063829 | METHOD TO PRODUCE A PANEL AND SUCH A PANEL | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 1746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2022 |
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