Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
20 pending office actions • 14 clients • 20 examiners • 15 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 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. 13 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 | 10 (50%) |
| §102 only | 5 (25%) |
| §112 only | 4 (20%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (5%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARROLL, DAVID P. | 1 | 80.3% | +14.5% |
| YAO, THEODORE N | 1 | 67.2% | +38.5% |
| SAKAMOTO, COLIN T | 1 | 66.3% | +25.3% |
| THOMPSON, KENNETH L | 1 | 87.5% | +7.0% |
| BUCK, MATTHEW R | 1 | 83.2% | +14.5% |
| PATEL, NEEL G | 1 | 61.5% | +34.8% |
| PAL, PRINCE | 1 | 70.4% | +15.7% |
| MACDONALD, STEVEN A | 1 | 80.1% | +13.3% |
| SOSNOWSKI, DAVID E | 1 | 68.6% | +9.7% |
| SCHIMPF, TARA E | 1 | 78.6% | +7.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19036310 | RETRIEVABLE BRIDGE PLUG WITH DUAL CHECK VALVES | THOMPSON, KENNETH L | 45d overdue |
| 19320178 | LUBRICATOR ASSEMBLY WITH FLANGE OR FLOW BLOCK MOUNTED CATCHER | CARROLL, DAVID P. | 34d |
| 18872921 | PIVOTING GROUND ENGAGING ASSEMBLY FOR SEEDERS | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18954059 | MULTISTAGE COMPLETION TOOL | MACDONALD, STEVEN 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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18969438 | BOWL ASSEMBLY FOR HAIR PRODUCTS | PAL, PRINCE | 60d overdue |
| 19320178 | LUBRICATOR ASSEMBLY WITH FLANGE OR FLOW BLOCK MOUNTED CATCHER | CARROLL, DAVID P. | 34d |
| 18972238 | ANTI-VIBRATION SYSTEM FOR PC PROGRESSIVE CAVITY PUMPS | PATEL, NEEL G | 78d |
| 19279887 | LUG LATCHING SYSTEM FOR COUPLING A LUBRICATOR TO A WELLHEAD | YAO, THEODORE N | — |
| 19115176 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MICROWAVE SCANNING OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE | SAKAMOTO, COLIN T | — |
| 18872921 | PIVOTING GROUND ENGAGING ASSEMBLY FOR SEEDERS | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18954059 | MULTISTAGE COMPLETION TOOL | MACDONALD, STEVEN A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| TIER 1 ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC. | 5 |
| VADERSTAD INDUSTRIES INC. | 2 |
| University of Alberta | 2 |
| Wave View Imaging Inc. | 1 |
| EVOLUTION OIL TOOLS INC. | 1 |
| Framar | 1 |
| Pack Of People Ltd. | 1 |
| Vendometry Inc. | 1 |
| Precise Downhole Services Ltd. | 1 |
| SNBC INC. | 1 |
| ICLASSIFIER INC. | 1 |
| ADVEN INDUSTRIES INC. | 1 |
| SULVARIS INC. | 1 |
| IMBIOTECHNOLOGIES LTD. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3676 | 4 |
| 3674 | 2 |
| 3671 | 2 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 3673 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| 2874 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 2664 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19320178 | LUBRICATOR ASSEMBLY WITH FLANGE OR FLOW BLOCK MOUNTED CATCHER | Tier 1 Energy Solutions, Inc. | CARROLL, DAVID P. | 3674 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Sep 05, 2025 |
| 19279887 | LUG LATCHING SYSTEM FOR COUPLING A LUBRICATOR TO A WELLHEAD | Tier 1 Energy Solutions, Inc. | YAO, THEODORE N | 3676 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2025 |
| 19115176 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MICROWAVE SCANNING OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE | Wave View Imaging Inc. | SAKAMOTO, COLIN T | 3798 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19036310 | RETRIEVABLE BRIDGE PLUG WITH DUAL CHECK VALVES | Tier 1 Energy Solutions, Inc. | THOMPSON, KENNETH L | 3676 | §102 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18872921 | PIVOTING GROUND ENGAGING ASSEMBLY FOR SEEDERS | VADERSTAD INDUSTRIES INC. | BUCK, MATTHEW R | 3671 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18972238 | ANTI-VIBRATION SYSTEM FOR PC PROGRESSIVE CAVITY PUMPS | Evolution Oil Tools Inc. | PATEL, NEEL G | 3676 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 78d | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18969438 | BOWL ASSEMBLY FOR HAIR PRODUCTS | Framar International Inc. | PAL, PRINCE | 3735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18954059 | MULTISTAGE COMPLETION TOOL | Tier 1 Energy Solutions, Inc. | MACDONALD, STEVEN A | 3674 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18849325 | PORTABLE FOLDING TABLE | Pack Of People Ltd. | SOSNOWSKI, DAVID E | 3673 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18610500 | THERMAL LINER TOP ANCHOR PACKER | Tier 1 Energy Solutions, Inc. | SCHIMPF, TARA E | 3676 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18556595 | BEVERAGE DISPENSING MACHINE NETWORK | Vendometry Inc. | COLLINS, MICHAEL | 3655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18485722 | STRAIN RELIEF FOR OPTICAL FIBER IN A CONDUIT | Precise Downhole Services Ltd. | SMITH, CHAD | 2874 | §103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18546637 | PULSE PROTEIN GELATION | The Governors of the University of Alberta | KIM, BRYAN | 1792 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18261176 | INTERCONNECTING MAT SYSTEM | Snbc Inc. | HARTMANN, GARY S | 3671 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 18138592 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED EVALUATION OF ANIMALS | Iclassifier Inc. | BILODEAU, DUSTIN E | 2664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
| 18031975 | PROCESS FOR THE CONTROL OF SOFTENING POINTS OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON MATERIALS | Adven Industries Inc. | STEIN, MICHELLE | 1771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 58d overdue | Pending | Apr 14, 2023 |
| 18011038 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AGRICULTURAL TOOL TOWED BY A PIVOTALLY ATTACHED VEHICLE BASED ON FUTURE PATH PREDICTION | VADERSTAD INDUSTRIES INC. | DOUGLAS, SHANE EMANUEL | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 17886881 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) HERNIA PLUG DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF | The Governors of the University of Alberta | DORNA, CARRIE R | 3791 | §102 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Aug 12, 2022 |
| 17418180 | MICRONIZED SULPHUR POWDER | Sulvaris Inc. | BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA | 1617 | Other | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Jun 24, 2021 |
| 16644142 | SONO-RESPONSIVE EMBOLIC AGENTS | Imbiotechnologies Ltd. | VU, JAKE MINH | 1618 | §103 | Final Rejection | 81d overdue | Pending | Mar 03, 2020 |
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