Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
29 pending office actions • 19 clients • 28 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
BENNETT JONES LLP focuses on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems, where it has filed 2065 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 80.27 percent, establishing a solid track record of success. At present, the firm is handling 21 pending office actions relative to its 2065 career applications.
The firm's prosecution efficiency is characterized by an average of 3.25 office actions per allowance. This 3.25 average indicates a detailed and sometimes lengthy negotiation process with examiners. For practitioners, the 2065 career applications provide a significant data set for understanding the firm's performance. The 80.27 percent resolved allowance rate and the 3.25 office actions per allowance metric offer a comprehensive view of the firm's prosecution strategy and its effectiveness in securing patent grants. The 21 pending office actions represent the firm's current workload and its ongoing commitment to its clients.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 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. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (3%) |
| §103 only | 7 (24%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 18 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCK, MATTHEW R | 2 | 83.3% | +14.4% |
| NGUYEN, HOANG M | 1 | 75.8% | +16.3% |
| SAYRE, JAMES G | 1 | 84.0% | +12.9% |
| CARROLL, DAVID P. | 1 | 80.2% | +14.1% |
| NORRIS, URSULA LEE | 1 | 81.7% | +6.5% |
| HO, ANH N | 1 | 80.7% | +14.2% |
| THOMPSON, JAMES A | 1 | 85.1% | +3.0% |
| ESCALANTE, OVIDIO | 1 | 76.3% | +5.8% |
| GRAY, GEORGE STERLING | 1 | 75.3% | +9.9% |
| THOMPSON, KENNETH L | 1 | 87.4% | +6.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19036310 | RETRIEVABLE BRIDGE PLUG WITH DUAL CHECK VALVES | THOMPSON, KENNETH L | 45d overdue |
| 19217642 | ANTENNA USING EMBEDDED MTM-EBG UNIT CELLS | HO, ANH N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18269942 | IMMUNE- STIMULATING COMPOUNDS LINKED TO GLYCOGEN-BASED POLYSACCHARIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR SENSITIZING CANCER CELLS TO A CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUG | VAN DRUFF, SYDNEY | 44d overdue |
| 17886881 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) HERNIA PLUG DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF | DORNA, CARRIE R | 43d overdue |
| 18473526 | Spray Coated Fertilizer Composition | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 23d overdue |
| 18546637 | PULSE PROTEIN GELATION | KIM, BRYAN | 8d |
| 17918978 | PROCESS TO PRODUCE LITHIUM COMPOUNDS | SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED | 12d |
| 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 |
| 19376389 | STEAM DIVERTER APPARATUS AND EXPANSION JOINT | SAYRE, JAMES G | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19320178 | LUBRICATOR ASSEMBLY WITH FLANGE OR FLOW BLOCK MOUNTED CATCHER | CARROLL, DAVID P. | 34d |
| 19427499 | ROD PUMP WITH NON-LOCKING ACTUATOR | NGUYEN, HOANG M | — |
| 19376389 | STEAM DIVERTER APPARATUS AND EXPANSION JOINT | SAYRE, JAMES G | — |
| 19217642 | ANTENNA USING EMBEDDED MTM-EBG UNIT CELLS | HO, ANH N | — |
| 18872921 | PIVOTING GROUND ENGAGING ASSEMBLY FOR SEEDERS | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18854413 | FOLDING RESIDUE MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR SEEDERS | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3676 | 2 |
| 3671 | 2 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 3672 | 1 |
| 3674 | 1 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| 3992 | 1 |
| 3673 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19427499 | ROD PUMP WITH NON-LOCKING ACTUATOR | Vantage Production Tools Inc. | NGUYEN, HOANG M | 3746 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19376389 | STEAM DIVERTER APPARATUS AND EXPANSION JOINT | Tier 1 Energy Solutions, Inc. | SAYRE, JAMES G | 3672 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19320178 | LUBRICATOR ASSEMBLY WITH FLANGE OR FLOW BLOCK MOUNTED CATCHER | Tier 1 Energy Solutions, Inc. | CARROLL, DAVID P. | 3674 | §101DP | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Sep 05, 2025 |
| 19235994 | COIL SHIFTABLE PACKER | Tier 1 Energy Solutions, Inc. | NORRIS, URSULA LEE | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 | |
| 19217642 | ANTENNA USING EMBEDDED MTM-EBG UNIT CELLS | The Governors of the University of Alberta | HO, ANH N | 2845 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19199596 | AUTOMATED MONITORING OF VOLUMETRIC PROPERTIES OF WORK PILE MOUNDS | Correct-Ai Inc. | THOMPSON, JAMES A | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 | |
| 19195317 | AUTOMATED VOICEMAIL DETECTION | Advanis Inc. | ESCALANTE, OVIDIO | 3992 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19176863 | MOLDED INSERT ASSEMBLY FOR A FRACKING HOSE CLAMP, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLING THEREOF | Topco Oilsite Products Ltd. | GRAY, GEORGE STERLING | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 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 |
| 18880026 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED FILE REPORTING | Wisedocs Inc. | MENDEZ MUNIZ, DYLAN JOHN | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 | |
| 18872921 | PIVOTING GROUND ENGAGING ASSEMBLY FOR SEEDERS | VADERSTAD INDUSTRIES INC. | BUCK, MATTHEW R | 3671 | §102§112 | 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§112 | Non-Final OA | 78d | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18857564 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DEVICE DETECTION | Farm Health Guardian Ltd. | ONAMUTI, GBEMILEKE J | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 | |
| 18854413 | FOLDING RESIDUE MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR SEEDERS | VADERSTAD INDUSTRIES INC. | BUCK, MATTHEW R | 3671 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18849325 | PORTABLE FOLDING TABLE | Pack Of People Ltd. | SOSNOWSKI, DAVID E | 3673 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18798463 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESSURE-BASED MOTION TRACKING | Coldchase Inc. | HOPKINS, BRANDI N | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 | |
| 18728551 | SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTOR | Sundraco Power Inc. | PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 | |
| 18737311 | IONIC LIQUID DEMULSIFIERS FOR EMULSION SEPARATION AND BITUMEN DEWATERING | The Governors of the University of Alberta | GOLOBOY, JAMES C | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 | |
| 18611176 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER WITH MICRONIZED SULFUR | Sulvaris Inc. | LANGEL, WAYNE A | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 | |
| 18473526 | Spray Coated Fertilizer Composition | Sulvaris Inc. | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18546637 | PULSE PROTEIN GELATION | The Governors of the University of Alberta | KIM, BRYAN | 1792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18269942 | IMMUNE- STIMULATING COMPOUNDS LINKED TO GLYCOGEN-BASED POLYSACCHARIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR SENSITIZING CANCER CELLS TO A CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUG | Glysantis Biotech Inc. | VAN DRUFF, SYDNEY | 1643 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Jun 27, 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 | Non-Final OA | 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. | CHACE, CHRISTIAN | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 17918978 | PROCESS TO PRODUCE LITHIUM COMPOUNDS | Recion Technologies, Inc. | SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED | 1736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Oct 14, 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§103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Aug 12, 2022 |
| 17418180 | MICRONIZED SULPHUR POWDER | Sulvaris Inc. | BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA | 1617 | §102§103§112DP | 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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