Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Watts Regulator Co. has 7 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Each of these 7 actions is assigned to a different examiner, as there are 7 distinct examiners involved. This one-to-one ratio between pending actions and examiners shows no current concentration of workload under any single individual. The portfolio is active across 3 distinct art units.
ERIN LEAH DEERY is identified as the busiest examiner, though she only holds 1 pending office action. This data reflects a highly dispersed prosecution strategy where 7 different examiners are evaluating the company's mechanical and medical device technologies. The involvement of 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations are focused within a few specific technical groups. Managing 7 pending actions across 7 distinct examiners requires a broad approach to prosecution, as each application is being reviewed by a different person. This lack of concentration means that no single examiner's feedback will necessarily predict the outcome of other pending matters in the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEERY, ERIN LEAH | 1 | 58.3% | +49.1% |
| CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 1 | 78.5% | +22.8% |
| PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R | 1 | 86.4% | +8.5% |
| DEROSE, VOLVICK | 1 | 90.0% | +11.1% |
| GIBSON, RANDY W | 1 | 75.7% | +22.2% |
| ROTONDI, CONNOR JON | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| FRANK, RODNEY T | 1 | 72.7% | +3.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19098125 | CLOSET CARRIER ASSEMBLIES HAVING MULTIPLE ORIENTATIONS AND A CROSS BRACE HANDLE | DEERY, ERIN LEAH | — |
| 18934121 | FLUID DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING THE SAME | PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R | — |
| 18927185 | PLUMBING CONTROL DEVICE | DEROSE, VOLVICK | — |
| 18731036 | PIPING APPARATUS FOR STRAINING AND METHOD FOR SAME | ROTONDI, CONNOR JON | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19006677 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING BACKFLOW PREVENTER CONDITION | CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 70d |
| 19098125 | CLOSET CARRIER ASSEMBLIES HAVING MULTIPLE ORIENTATIONS AND A CROSS BRACE HANDLE | DEERY, ERIN LEAH | — |
| 18927185 | PLUMBING CONTROL DEVICE | DEROSE, VOLVICK | — |
| 18819752 | SENSOR CLAMP FOR A WATER SUPPLY MONITORING SYSTEM | GIBSON, RANDY W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| 2176 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19098125 | CLOSET CARRIER ASSEMBLIES HAVING MULTIPLE ORIENTATIONS AND A CROSS BRACE HANDLE | DEERY, ERIN LEAH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19006677 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING BACKFLOW PREVENTER CONDITION | CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18934121 | FLUID DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING THE SAME | PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18927185 | PLUMBING CONTROL DEVICE | DEROSE, VOLVICK | 2176 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18819752 | SENSOR CLAMP FOR A WATER SUPPLY MONITORING SYSTEM | GIBSON, RANDY W | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18731036 | PIPING APPARATUS FOR STRAINING AND METHOD FOR SAME | ROTONDI, CONNOR JON | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18208202 | SENSOR LOCATION AND VERIFICATION SYSTEM | FRANK, RODNEY T | 2855 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
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