Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP manages 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has a career applications count of 911, showing substantial experience in these fields. A resolved allowance rate pct of 81.98 indicates a solid track record of securing patent rights. This rate serves as a reliable indicator of the firm's performance across its mechanical portfolio.
The firm averages 3.18 office actions per allowance, which is a standard metric for mechanical and transportation filings. This figure helps set expectations for the duration of the 4 pending office actions currently in prosecution. The data reflects a stable and experienced practice, with 911 career applications supporting its current activities. These metrics provide a clear view of the firm's efficiency and success in its chosen technology areas.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARK, EDWARD | 1 | 82.3% | +17.9% |
| PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | 1 | 79.0% | +20.7% |
| MCCRACKEN, DANIEL | 1 | 72.0% | +16.2% |
| BOND, REED MADISON | 1 | 11.5% | +28.3% |
| PERRY, MONICA L | 1 | 55.9% | +37.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18926713 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPER REGISTRATION AND PRESERVING SPECTRAL PURITY OF IMAGES | PARK, EDWARD | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18336647 | System and Method for Consumer Choice Modeling | BOND, REED MADISON | 98d overdue |
| 17722961 | Growing System and Apparatus | PERRY, MONICA L | 10d overdue |
| 18657637 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATING WASTE BY MIXING HIGH AND LOW PH WASTE STREAMS | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18336647 | System and Method for Consumer Choice Modeling | BOND, REED MADISON | 98d overdue |
| 17722961 | Growing System and Apparatus | PERRY, MONICA L | 10d overdue |
| 18926713 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPER REGISTRATION AND PRESERVING SPECTRAL PURITY OF IMAGES | PARK, EDWARD | — |
| 18657637 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATING WASTE BY MIXING HIGH AND LOW PH WASTE STREAMS | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | — |
| 18527049 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAPHENE AND HYDROGEN | MCCRACKEN, DANIEL | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Pci Geomatics Enterprises Inc. | 1 |
| Strathcona Resources Ltd. | 1 |
| Innova Cleantech Corp. | 1 |
| DIG Insights Inc. | 1 |
| Inventive Laboratory Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1736 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 3644 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18926713 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPER REGISTRATION AND PRESERVING SPECTRAL PURITY OF IMAGES | Pci Geomatics Enterprises Inc. | PARK, EDWARD | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 | |
| 18657637 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATING WASTE BY MIXING HIGH AND LOW PH WASTE STREAMS | Strathcona Resources Ltd. | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 | |
| 18527049 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAPHENE AND HYDROGEN | Innova Cleantech Corp. | MCCRACKEN, DANIEL | 1736 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18336647 | System and Method for Consumer Choice Modeling | Dig Insights Inc. | BOND, REED MADISON | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 98d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 17722961 | Growing System and Apparatus | Inventive Laboratory Inc. | PERRY, MONICA L | 3644 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Apr 18, 2022 |
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