Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
17 pending office actions • 2 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 8 (47%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (47%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, MICHAEL S | 6 | 63.4% | +20.9% |
| DO, ROWLAND | 5 | 69.8% | -5.6% |
| MERCADO, LOUIS A | 2 | 79.1% | +18.5% |
| NGUYEN, UYEN T | 1 | 39.7% | +36.5% |
| SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | 1 | 62.9% | +22.6% |
| LAVINDER, JACK W | 1 | 65.3% | +28.1% |
| PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA | 1 | 54.2% | +28.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18706094 | SURFACE FASTENER MANUFACTURING METHOD AND SURFACE FASTENER | LEE, MICHAEL S | 37d overdue |
| 18776351 | SEAT FASTENER AND INCORPORATION METHOD | LEE, MICHAEL S | 15d |
| 18996891 | FASTENER TAPE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND FASTENER STRINGER | NGUYEN, UYEN T | — |
| 18846548 | SLIDE FASTENER SLIDER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SLIDE FASTENER SLIDER | LAVINDER, JACK W | — |
| 18686665 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FASTENER-ATTACHED PRODUCT, FASTENER-ATTACHED PRODUCT, AND STRINGER MEMBER | DO, ROWLAND | — |
| 18294916 | HOOK-TO-HOOK FASTENER | DO, ROWLAND | — |
| 18263113 | Decoration Receiving Element, Slider and Decoration Receiving Element, and Hidden Slide Fastener | DO, ROWLAND | — |
| 18032106 | WATERPROOF SLIDE FASTENER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | MERCADO, LOUIS A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18706094 | SURFACE FASTENER MANUFACTURING METHOD AND SURFACE FASTENER | LEE, MICHAEL S | 37d overdue |
| 18950186 | SLIDER AND FASTENER | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | 8d overdue |
| 18292433 | FASTENER CHAIN AND SLIDING FASTENER | MERCADO, LOUIS A | 3d overdue |
| 18776351 | SEAT FASTENER AND INCORPORATION METHOD | LEE, MICHAEL S | 15d |
| 18996891 | FASTENER TAPE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND FASTENER STRINGER | NGUYEN, UYEN T | — |
| 18966130 | TAB PULL FOR FASTENER | LEE, MICHAEL S | — |
| 18865626 | FASTENER STRINGER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | LEE, MICHAEL S | — |
| 18846548 | SLIDE FASTENER SLIDER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SLIDE FASTENER SLIDER | LAVINDER, JACK W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 16 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18996891 | FASTENER TAPE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND FASTENER STRINGER | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 3677 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18966130 | TAB PULL FOR FASTENER | LEE, MICHAEL S | 3677 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18950186 | SLIDER AND FASTENER | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | 3677 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18866062 | Surface Fastener and Molding Device | DO, ROWLAND | 3677 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18865626 | FASTENER STRINGER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | LEE, MICHAEL S | 3677 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18846548 | SLIDE FASTENER SLIDER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SLIDE FASTENER SLIDER | LAVINDER, JACK W | 3677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18776351 | SEAT FASTENER AND INCORPORATION METHOD | LEE, MICHAEL S | 3677 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18770903 | Waterproof Fastener Tape | PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA | 1783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18708817 | FASTENER CHAIN | DO, ROWLAND | 3677 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18706094 | SURFACE FASTENER MANUFACTURING METHOD AND SURFACE FASTENER | LEE, MICHAEL S | 3677 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 37d overdue | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18686665 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FASTENER-ATTACHED PRODUCT, FASTENER-ATTACHED PRODUCT, AND STRINGER MEMBER | DO, ROWLAND | 3677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18294916 | HOOK-TO-HOOK FASTENER | DO, ROWLAND | 3677 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18292433 | FASTENER CHAIN AND SLIDING FASTENER | MERCADO, LOUIS A | 3677 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18285026 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SLIDE FASTENER STRINGER HAVING COLORED METAL ELEMENT, METAL ELEMENT, SLIDE FASTENER STRINGER AND SLIDE FASTENER CHAIN | LEE, MICHAEL S | 3677 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18263113 | Decoration Receiving Element, Slider and Decoration Receiving Element, and Hidden Slide Fastener | DO, ROWLAND | 3677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18272781 | FASTENER TAPE | LEE, MICHAEL S | 3677 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18032106 | WATERPROOF SLIDE FASTENER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | MERCADO, LOUIS A | 3677 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2023 |
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