Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3672 3674 3678 3679
This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases
Examiner Douglas S. Wood is a high-volume examiner in Art Unit 3672 within Tech Center 3600. With 490 resolved cases, the examiner has an allowance rate of 78.2%. This rate reflects the proportion of applications reaching a final disposition that result in a patent grant. The median days to allowance is 839, which is the recorded timeframe for the prosecution history. Practitioners can note this 839 figure when setting expectations for the duration of the process. The 490 resolved cases provide the data for these observations.
The interview lift for this examiner is 11.6%. This figure indicates the change in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted. With the 11.6% lift and the 78.2% allowance rate, practitioners can evaluate the impact of direct communication on their strategy. These metrics are the available data for this docket in Art Unit 3672. The recorded data points provide the basis for understanding the prosecution environment under this examiner. This analysis relies on the specific figures provided for this profile.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19020140 | SNOW REMOVER AND ATTACHMENT | Non-Final OA | Makita Corporation |
| 19182795 | SNOW BLOWER | Non-Final OA | Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation |
| 18908539 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF PLANTER PERFORMANCE | Non-Final OA | DEERE & COMPANY |
| 18675263 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A THREE-POINT HITCH | Final Rejection | DEERE & COMPANY |
| 18862808 | HYDRAULIC VALVE APPARATUS | Non-Final OA | Komatsu Ltd. |
| 18854148 | REFORESTATION MACHINE, REFORESTATION SYSTEM, AND REFORESTATION MACHINE CONTROL METHOD | Non-Final OA | Komatsu Ltd. |
| 18671866 | TREATMENT APPLICATORS | Final Rejection | MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC |
| 19079302 | Seed Orientation System for Agricultural Planters | Non-Final OA | Precision Planting LLC |
| 19101825 | Notched Opener Discs | Non-Final OA | Precision Planting LLC |
| 18701672 | Seed Delivery Device Comprising a Helical Channel and Related Row Units and Method | Final Rejection | Precision Planting LLC |
| 18691165 | Seed Boot | Final Rejection | Precision Planting LLC |
| 18690314 | Seed Accelerator | Final Rejection | Precision Planting LLC |
| 19307805 | DRILLING TOOL CHANGER APPARATUS | Final Rejection | Epiroc Drilling Solutions, LLC |
| 18807284 | ROW CLEANER WITH SCRAPER BLADES FOR ROW UNITS OF AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT | Non-Final OA | CNH Industrial America LLC |
| 18981092 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROUND ENGAGEMENT TOOL | Non-Final OA | Joy Global Surface Mining Inc |
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