Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
11 pending office actions • 10 clients • 11 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days
Briggs Intellectual Property Law focuses on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has a career total of 171 applications. Currently, there are 9 pending office actions, representing the firm's active prosecution docket.
The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 66.38 percent. This is achieved with an average of 1.82 office actions per allowance. This low average indicates a very direct prosecution path, though the allowance rate is lower than some peers in the same technology area. The 66.38 percent rate and 1.82 average provide a clear picture of the firm's prosecution style in mechanical and e-commerce systems. With 9 pending actions, the firm's current workload is focused on a small number of cases. Practitioners can interpret the 1.82 average as a sign of quick resolution. The 171 career applications provide the historical context for these efficiency and success metrics.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 3 (27%) |
| §103 only | 4 (36%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (9%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (18%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGUDELO, PAOLA | 1 | 76.9% | +17.2% |
| GEHMAN, BRYON P | 1 | 73.8% | +30.6% |
| AHMED, SHEEBA | 1 | 80.7% | +14.4% |
| MITIKU, BERHANU | 1 | 55.2% | +29.0% |
| FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1 | 44.3% | +2.3% |
| ABYANEH, ALI S | 1 | 77.8% | +55.7% |
| MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | 1 | 84.0% | +11.0% |
| PIZIALI, ANDREW T | 1 | 28.3% | +27.3% |
| DAO, TUAN C. | 1 | 82.0% | +15.6% |
| CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N | 1 | 27.8% | +42.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18989172 | LATEX COMPOUNDS WITH ENHANCED WATER BARRIER PROTECTION | AHMED, SHEEBA | — |
| 18804709 | MINERAL SEPARATION SYSTEM | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | — |
| 18670317 | DISTRIBUTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM | DAO, TUAN C. | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18364584 | HISTORICAL DATABASE GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N | 12d |
| 19054030 | ANCHOR SYSTEM | AGUDELO, PAOLA | — |
| 18966349 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MANAGE UNSTRUCTURED DATA | MITIKU, BERHANU | — |
| 18909240 | AUTONOMOUS THREAT OPERATION SYSTEM | ABYANEH, ALI S | — |
| 18796725 | SWEAT WICKING AND ABSORBING DEVICE | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19046589 | FLEXIBLE FLUID RESERVOIR SYSTEM | GEHMAN, BRYON P | 4d overdue |
| 18364584 | HISTORICAL DATABASE GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N | 12d |
| 19054030 | ANCHOR SYSTEM | AGUDELO, PAOLA | — |
| 18989172 | LATEX COMPOUNDS WITH ENHANCED WATER BARRIER PROTECTION | AHMED, SHEEBA | — |
| 18966349 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MANAGE UNSTRUCTURED DATA | MITIKU, BERHANU | — |
| 18909240 | AUTONOMOUS THREAT OPERATION SYSTEM | ABYANEH, ALI S | — |
| 18804709 | MINERAL SEPARATION SYSTEM | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | — |
| 18796725 | SWEAT WICKING AND ABSORBING DEVICE | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Signal Engineering Consulting LLC | 2 |
| Wood'S Pool Service | 1 |
| Appalachia Design | 1 |
| Ohalo Limited | 1 |
| Simbian, Inc. | 1 |
| Mason-Grey Corporation | 1 |
| Bougiene | 1 |
| Skymel Inc. | 1 |
| Jodi Elizabeth Schneider-Ceroll | 1 |
| Beyond Centerline Solutions | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3633 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 2156 | 1 |
| 1749 | 1 |
| 2437 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| 3623 | 1 |
| 2881 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19054030 | ANCHOR SYSTEM | Wood'S Pool Service | AGUDELO, PAOLA | 3633 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19046589 | FLEXIBLE FLUID RESERVOIR SYSTEM | Appalachia Design | GEHMAN, BRYON P | 3736 | DP | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 18989172 | LATEX COMPOUNDS WITH ENHANCED WATER BARRIER PROTECTION | Signal Engineering Consulting LLC | AHMED, SHEEBA | 1787 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18966349 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MANAGE UNSTRUCTURED DATA | Ohalo Limited | MITIKU, BERHANU | 2156 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18932769 | LATEX COMPOUNDS WITH ENHANCED WATER BARRIER PROTECTION | Signal Engineering Consulting LLC | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18909240 | AUTONOMOUS THREAT OPERATION SYSTEM | Simbian, Inc. | ABYANEH, ALI S | 2437 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18804709 | MINERAL SEPARATION SYSTEM | Mason-Grey Corporation | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | 3653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18796725 | SWEAT WICKING AND ABSORBING DEVICE | Bougiene | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | 1789 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18670317 | DISTRIBUTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM | Skymel Inc. | DAO, TUAN C. | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 | |
| 18364584 | HISTORICAL DATABASE GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | Jodi Elizabeth Schneider-Ceroll | CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N | 3623 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
| 18064017 | BODY SUPPORT APPARATUS | Beyond Centerline Solutions | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 2881 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Dec 09, 2022 |
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