Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
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.

3
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
83% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SKRZYCKI, JONATHAN MICHAEL 1 67.1% +33.4%
ISKRA, JOSEPH W 1 71.3% +27.1%
DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE 1 61.4% +29.5%
PAIK, SANG YEOP 1 65.3% +16.5%
HEMMINGS, HUNTER GARRETT 1
KHLOK, BONITA 1 49.5% +48.7%

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18442379 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC HEATER USING CONTROL ON ENERGY SKRZYCKI, JONATHAN MICHAEL
17896444 FLOW-THROUGH HEATER ISKRA, JOSEPH W
17497280 SHAPED ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTIONS FOR MULTI-LAYER HEATER CONSTRUCTIONS HEMMINGS, HUNTER GARRETT

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17836307 COLD CONDUIT INSULATION DEVICE DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE 36d overdue
17324848 PASSIVE AND ACTIVE CALIBRATION METHODS FOR A RESISTIVE HEATER KHLOK, BONITA 9d overdue
18442379 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC HEATER USING CONTROL ON ENERGY SKRZYCKI, JONATHAN MICHAEL
17896444 FLOW-THROUGH HEATER ISKRA, JOSEPH W
17686818 THERMAL DYNAMIC RESPONSE SENSING SYSTEMS FOR HEATERS PAIK, SANG YEOP

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3761 3
2116 1
3753 1
3700 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18442379 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC HEATER USING CONTROL ON ENERGY SKRZYCKI, JONATHAN MICHAEL 2116 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 15, 2024
17896444 FLOW-THROUGH HEATER ISKRA, JOSEPH W 3761 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 26, 2022
17836307 COLD CONDUIT INSULATION DEVICE DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2022
17686818 THERMAL DYNAMIC RESPONSE SENSING SYSTEMS FOR HEATERS PAIK, SANG YEOP 3761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2022
17497280 SHAPED ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTIONS FOR MULTI-LAYER HEATER CONSTRUCTIONS HEMMINGS, HUNTER GARRETT 3700 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2021
17324848 PASSIVE AND ACTIVE CALIBRATION METHODS FOR A RESISTIVE HEATER KHLOK, BONITA 3761 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending May 19, 2021

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