Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
CANTOR COLBURN LLP - John Crane Inc. operates in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area, utilizing the firm's broad experience of 74190 career applications. This specific designation currently manages 4 pending office actions, representing a focused set of active matters. The firm's history across a wide range of technical fields provides a context for its work in mechanical and transportation patents.
The firm reports a resolved allowance rate pct of 88.07, indicating success in securing patent rights. This success is achieved with an avg_office_actions_per_allowance of 3.16, suggesting that the firm typically navigates the examination process in a specific number of office actions. The 88.07 resolved allowance rate pct is a key indicator of the firm's effectiveness in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. With 74190 career applications, the 3.16 avg_office_actions_per_allowance provides a reliable benchmark for the expected duration of the prosecution cycle. These data points offer a view of the firm's performance and capacity.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (80%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADJAGBE, MAXIME M | 1 | 84.2% | +9.6% |
| WESTALL, ALEC STONE | 1 | — | — |
| GONZALEZ, MADELINE | 1 | 72.6% | +15.7% |
| PATEL, VISHAL A | 1 | 59.0% | +22.5% |
| LEE, GILBERT Y | 1 | 78.7% | +10.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19010915 | DRIVE RING FOR ROTARY SHAFT EQUIPMENT SEALS | ADJAGBE, MAXIME M | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18012742 | MECHANICAL SEAL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY OF A MECHANICAL SEAL | LEE, GILBERT Y | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18523413 | MECHANICAL SEAL WITH A SEAL FACE HAVING CHANNELS | PATEL, VISHAL A | 1d overdue |
| 18415975 | FILTER ELEMENT ARRANGEMENT WITHIN A FILTER SYSTEM | GONZALEZ, MADELINE | — |
| 18012742 | MECHANICAL SEAL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY OF A MECHANICAL SEAL | LEE, GILBERT Y | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| John Crane | 5 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 2 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19010915 | DRIVE RING FOR ROTARY SHAFT EQUIPMENT SEALS | John Crane Inc. | ADJAGBE, MAXIME M | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18631609 | FILTER MONITORING | John Crane UK Limited | WESTALL, ALEC STONE | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 | |
| 18415975 | FILTER ELEMENT ARRANGEMENT WITHIN A FILTER SYSTEM | John Crane UK Limited | GONZALEZ, MADELINE | 1773 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18523413 | MECHANICAL SEAL WITH A SEAL FACE HAVING CHANNELS | John Crane Inc. | PATEL, VISHAL A | 3675 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18012742 | MECHANICAL SEAL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY OF A MECHANICAL SEAL | John Crane UK Limited | LEE, GILBERT Y | 3675 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
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