Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 1 client • 9 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Burr & Forman LLP - FGTL operates within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has a career applications count of 341, which represents a specialized portfolio. There are 7 pending office actions currently being handled, showing a focused and manageable active workload. This profile highlights a specific segment of the firm's overall patent practice.
The resolved allowance rate pct for this group stands at 45.68, which is a distinct metric for its success in obtaining grants. This rate is achieved with an avg_office_actions_per_allowance of 2.84. This average indicates that when allowances are secured, they often occur with a specific number of interactions. The 45.68 resolved allowance rate pct suggests a challenging prosecution environment for these 341 career applications. These figures provide a detailed look at the firm's performance in this niche, offering insights into the expected pace of patent prosecution based on the 2.84 avg_office_actions_per_allowance.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAHNI, VISHAL R | 2 | 75.4% | +18.9% |
| KECK, DANIEL M | 1 | 82.0% | +19.7% |
| BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH | 1 | 81.7% | +13.5% |
| GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 1 | 57.9% | +25.8% |
| BAILEY, JOHN D | 1 | 78.9% | +17.2% |
| MILLER, CAITLIN ANNE | 1 | 89.6% | +9.1% |
| COMINO, EVA L | 1 | 70.4% | +32.3% |
| MORRIS, DAVID R. | 1 | 81.9% | +14.3% |
| BURCH, MELODY M | 1 | 64.3% | +26.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19040286 | WHEEL SLIP CONTROLS AND RESPONSE TO TIRE PRESSURE | BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18538142 | BRAKE DUST SHIELD DESIGN FOR BRAKE DUST SHIELD ROBUSTNESS | BURCH, MELODY M | 29d |
| 18581022 | WHEEL COVER RETENTION ASSEMBLY | COMINO, EVA L | 34d |
| 19052467 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED SUSPENSION COMPONENTS WITH AN INTEGRATED FLUID PASSAGE | KECK, DANIEL M | — |
| 18956183 | LUG NUT UTILIZING OPEN-FRAME DESIGNS | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | — |
| 18623398 | COMBINED MOTOR ROTOR AND WHEEL RIM ASSEMBLY | MILLER, CAITLIN ANNE | — |
| 18581761 | BRAKE ARCHITECTURE FOR PARKING BRAKE BACKUP RESPONSE | SAHNI, VISHAL R | — |
| 18423513 | ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED JOUNCE BUMPER WITH DIFFERENT INTERNAL PROPERTIES | MORRIS, DAVID R. | — |
| 18515573 | SPRING ISOLATOR PAD WITH INTEGRATED SPRING ROTATION STOP AND PAD ROTATION STOP | SAHNI, VISHAL R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18538142 | BRAKE DUST SHIELD DESIGN FOR BRAKE DUST SHIELD ROBUSTNESS | BURCH, MELODY M | 29d |
| 18581022 | WHEEL COVER RETENTION ASSEMBLY | COMINO, EVA L | 34d |
| 18800541 | BRAKE ASSIST FOR HOLDING TORQUE WITHIN A BRAKE ASSEMBLY | BAILEY, JOHN D | 43d |
| 19052467 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED SUSPENSION COMPONENTS WITH AN INTEGRATED FLUID PASSAGE | KECK, DANIEL M | — |
| 19040286 | WHEEL SLIP CONTROLS AND RESPONSE TO TIRE PRESSURE | BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH | — |
| 18956183 | LUG NUT UTILIZING OPEN-FRAME DESIGNS | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | — |
| 18581761 | BRAKE ARCHITECTURE FOR PARKING BRAKE BACKUP RESPONSE | SAHNI, VISHAL R | — |
| 18423513 | ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED JOUNCE BUMPER WITH DIFFERENT INTERNAL PROPERTIES | MORRIS, DAVID R. | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Ford | 10 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3616 | 4 |
| 3614 | 2 |
| 3747 | 2 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19052467 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED SUSPENSION COMPONENTS WITH AN INTEGRATED FLUID PASSAGE | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | KECK, DANIEL M | 3614 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19040286 | WHEEL SLIP CONTROLS AND RESPONSE TO TIRE PRESSURE | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH | 3747 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 18956183 | LUG NUT UTILIZING OPEN-FRAME DESIGNS | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 3993 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18800541 | BRAKE ASSIST FOR HOLDING TORQUE WITHIN A BRAKE ASSEMBLY | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | BAILEY, JOHN D | 3747 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18623398 | COMBINED MOTOR ROTOR AND WHEEL RIM ASSEMBLY | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | MILLER, CAITLIN ANNE | 3614 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18581761 | BRAKE ARCHITECTURE FOR PARKING BRAKE BACKUP RESPONSE | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | SAHNI, VISHAL R | 3616 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18581022 | WHEEL COVER RETENTION ASSEMBLY | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | COMINO, EVA L | 3615 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18423513 | ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED JOUNCE BUMPER WITH DIFFERENT INTERNAL PROPERTIES | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | MORRIS, DAVID R. | 3616 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18538142 | BRAKE DUST SHIELD DESIGN FOR BRAKE DUST SHIELD ROBUSTNESS | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | BURCH, MELODY M | 3616 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18515573 | SPRING ISOLATOR PAD WITH INTEGRATED SPRING ROTATION STOP AND PAD ROTATION STOP | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | SAHNI, VISHAL R | 3616 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
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